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Pat Toomey: “In 2018, if you look at the share of who paid Federal income taxes for starters, the top 1 percent of income earners…”

On the recordMarch 24, 2021
In 2018, if you look at the share of who paid Federal income taxes for starters, the top 1 percent of income earners earned about 21 percent of all the income--21 percent. They paid 40 percent of all the taxes.
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Pat Toomey
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Toomey argues that the wealthy contribute significantly to federal taxes.

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