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		iamtheworstdev 14 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: US Job Openings Decline to Lowest Level in More Th... no one pays the top rate today either. I've spent a large chunk of my adult life in the top 5% of income earners and I've never had an effective tax rate over 17% that I can recall.

loeg 14 days ago [–]

Your experience as a 95 %ile earner does not negate that people in the 99 %ile of earners pay the top rate. (I paid the top rate last year.)

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