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Tax Rates for Middle Class Increases; Tax Rates for Rich Decreases

Submitted by Alex Carter
April 11th, 2008

Between 1960 and 2004, the average tax rate fell by nearly 14 percentage points for the top 1% of earners, while it has increased slightly (from 15.9% to 16.1%) for earners in the middle 20%.

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John Irons. Corporate tax declines and U.S. inequality. Economic Policy Institute. April 9, 2008.
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