Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-09-19 22:26:26 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 7C1BC6C4C6223DB269717C060ED10B1202B1974577E2D34BBE84E1ACD3D0C572
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The top 1% currently pay 27.2% of income, or $542 billion/yr in income tax: https://howmuch.net/articles/high-income-americans-pay-majority-of-federal-taxes Our current budget deficit is $2.7 trillion: https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/US-budget-deficit-rises-to-2-71-trillion-through-16455472.php Even if the rich paid 108.8% of their income (4x current), we wouldn't be able to cover the current budget deficit, much less Jayapal's wish list.
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