09/13/2023
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"According to one study, the percentage of income paid in taxes for the top one-tenth of 1 percent of taxpayers in that top bracket has declined from 70 percent to 40 percent."
"We are making incredible and, in my opinion, sometimes egregious policy decisions that are going to do real damage to the United States of America."
"It puzzles one why Congress wouldn't seize on that opportunity as one measure to put a real dent in the debt without having to create weeping and gnashing of teeth."
"Would you agree if those numbers are accurate, that would suggest that the de facto income tax in this Country is becoming more regressive, not more progressive?"