On the recordJune 5, 2004
The rich ended up paying more taxes. I think 55 percent of all tax revenues to the federal government are paid by that top 2 percent of people in this country.
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transcripts.cnn.comJack Kemp: “The rich ended up paying more taxes. I think 55 percent of all tax revenues to the federal government are paid by that…”
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Kemp defends the tax policies of Reaganomics, arguing that they resulted in higher tax contributions from the wealthy.
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