top one percent in the USA pays 39 percent of federal income taxes according to CBS (2015 data)

[msongs]

since we love to criticize the top one percent here's some info about them:

"Although the top 1 percent are relatively small in number -- just 1.4 million out of the nation's 141 million taxpayers -- they paid 39 percent of the country's total federal income tax, the agency said in a new report (The data is based on tax returns for 2015, the most recent year cited in the report.)"

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-much-do-the-1-01-and-001-percent-really-earn/

one suspects its the top slice of the one percent who get by tax free

[A HERETIC I AM]

1. There is often put forward the argument that they are taxed too high because they pay so much....

Yeah...well...THEY HAVE ALL THE FUCKING MONEY!!

[fierywoman]

2. But what percentage of their income do they pay in taxes?

[msongs]

3. probably for the richest depends on their accountants nt