![The top 1% of US taxpayers pay almost as much in federal income taxes as the entire bottom 95%, and half of that bottom group paid no taxes at all in 2010 The top 1% of US taxpayers pay almost as much in federal income taxes as the entire bottom 95%, and half of that bottom group paid no taxes at all in 2010](http://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/taxes.jpg)
The top 1% of US taxpayers pay almost as much in federal income taxes as the entire bottom 95%, and half of that bottom group paid no taxes at all in 2010
The upper income, 5% of the population, pays 70% of our taxes. Why do liberals say they aren't paying their fair share? - Quora
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