Here is some interesting raw data:
| Data from IRS for 2003 |
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| Number of | % of | Taxes | % of |
| Returns | Returns | Paid | Taxes |
| 68,566 | 52.20% | 40,432 | 5.08% |
| 24,282 | 18.49% | 70,573 | 8.87% |
| 17,565 | 13.37% | 101,006 | 12.70% |
| 9,451 | 7.20% | 88,589 | 11.14% |
| 8,882 | 6.76% | 171,376 | 21.54% |
| 2,609 | 1.99% | 323,553 | 40.67% |
| 131,355 | 100.00% | 795,529 | 100.00% |
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| 20,942 |
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| 73.35% |
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| 16% |
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| What this says: |
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| 16% of US taxpayers representing 21,000,000 |
| tax returns are paying 74% of all personal income |
| taxes and are far and away carrying the burden of |
| supporting the total population of 307,000,000. |
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| 68,566 |
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| 52% |
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| 52% of US tax payers representing 69,000,000 |
| tax returns are paying only 5% of all personal |
| income taxes |
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