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Old 03-05-2009, 10:58 AM   #22
EarnedStripes44
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Originally Posted by detbuch View Post
I also don't know but have heard that the wealthiest 2% or 4% or some small number currently pay 40% of the fed income taxes.
Nonetheless, the rich are doing just fine and have been for the better part of the last 3 decades.... thank you very much.

I'd like to know the size of the slice of the aggregate income pie the the wealthiest 2% or 4% have made their own. And more importantly, how that slice has grown over the last dozen or so years.

I think Johnny summed it up well, you can't get water from stone.
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