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2023-03-18 21:10:25 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

This is incorrect. Avg income tax rate in 2020 was 13.6%. Top 1% of taxpayers paid a 25.99% avg rate, more than eight times higher than the 3.1% avg rate paid by the bottom half of taxpayers. It increased from 20.1%/2019 to 22.2%/2020 https://taxfoundation.org/publications/latest-federal-income-tax-data/

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• This is incorrect. Avg income tax rate in 2020 was 13.6%. Top 1% of taxpayers paid a 25.99% avg rate, more than eight times higher than the 3.1% avg rate paid by the bottom half of taxpayers. It increased from 20.1%/2019 to 22.2%/2020 https://taxfoundation.org/publications/latest-federal-income-tax-data/