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Old 04-05-2006   #9
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Re: Bush: Making the Rich richer

Based on the 2003 IRS tax data, the same year referenced in the article in the first post:

The top 1 percent of taxpayers, ranked by adjusted gross income, paid 34.3 percent of all federal income taxes.
The top 5 percent of taxpayers paid 54.4 percent
The top 10 percent of taxpayers paid 65.8 percent
The top 25 percent of taxpayers paid 83.9 percent.

http://www.taxfoundation.org/news/show/250.html
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