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[01503]

I've heard this statistic a lot, both online and off, that I have only managed to find once. They divided those that pay income taxes or something like that into 5 brackets of 20% each... the top 20% pays FAR more than any of the other income bracket.

I know you've heard of this before... can anyone find the original study/statistics?

[softwareNerd]

Check out this paper at the Tax-Foundation. They say they get their data from the IRS. If you want to go to the source, the IRS has various statistics pages.

[K-Mac]

You can also go to RushLimbaugh.com and scroll to almost the bottom of the page and click on the tab "The Truth About Taxes" and get some quick data of that nature. (I used to be a ditto head, sorry!)

[Devils_Advocate]

You can also go to RushLimbaugh.com and scroll to almost the bottom of the page and click on the tab "The Truth About Taxes" and get some quick data of that nature. (I used to be a ditto head, sorry!)

I still listen to a lot of conservative radio and watch some conservative TV programs (Glenn Beck and the like). I agree with a lot of what they say about free markets (even if they don't actually completely understand it), and it's more pro-objectivist then most other news sources. Of course, as with every famous person in the world that isn't objectivist, there are plenty of times I just can't stomach it and stop watching/listening for weeks on end.

I have a very complicated relationship with conservative media.