Pardon moi, but by my math---90% of the top 50% of taxpayers pay only 40% of the taxes.
To check my math, if 50% pay 96.09% of taxes and 5% pay 56.47% of the taxes, then 45% pay 39.68% of the taxes. This means that 45%/50% or 90% of the top payers pay 40% of the taxes. Looks like most of the top guys aren't carrying their load.
parsy the fair and just.
To check my math, if 50% pay 96.09% of taxes and 5% pay 56.47% of the taxes, then 45% pay 39.68% of the taxes. This means that 45%/50% or 90% of the top payers pay 40% of the taxes. Looks like most of the top guys aren't carrying their load. Math skills not your forte? You're comparing the top 5%'s load of 56.47% to the next 45%'s load of 39.68% and saying that the top 5% isn't paying their share???
Or, using your muddled numbers, the 'bottom' 90% (of the top 50%) are paying 39.68% of all taxes, while the top 10% (of the top 50%) are paying 56.47% of all taxes... exactly how are the 'top-10%-of-the-top-50%', who are outnumbered 9-to-1 by the 'bottom-90%-of-the-top-50%' and still paying a larger absolute amount that the 'bottom-90%-of-the-top-50%', not paying their fair share?!?!?