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Old 06-25-2015, 05:05 PM   #93
JonInMiddleGA
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Originally Posted by Solecismic View Post
The top federal tax rate right now is 43.4%. In the '90s, it peaked at 39.6%. So I'm not sure this is an easy assessment. The lowest quintile is paying less than 2% now, which is one-fourth of what it was a decade ago. Are you arguing that we should focus tax increases on the lower half? Seems fairer in some ways, but I think even a die-hard Republican would blanche a little at that approach.

I don't think that question was for me but, uh ... Flatten it.

Lots of die-hard conservatives don't blanche at that approach at all.
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