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Old 01-31-2008, 07:39 AM
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Originally Posted by raytri View Post
Some people, sure. But as the CBO link shows, the overall federal tax rate -- the effective rate counting all federal taxes -- was just 21.5% in 2001. Even the top 1% only paid a 33% rate as a group.

Someone paying 38% of their income to the federal government is in no way "average."
33% of $1,000,000 is $333,333... does the average person pay that in his life?
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