US income inequality continues to grow

[*michaelsean*]

(07-25-2018, 03:58 PM)Benton Wrote: https://taxfoundation.org/us-federal-individual-income-tax-rates-history-1913-2013-nominal-and-inflation-adjusted-brackets/

Top earners (anything over $200,00) through most of the 50s-early 60s paid 91%.

70% through the 70s.

Down to 50% in 80s.

Since then, it's kind of jumped all over the place, but those generally those families making less than $100,000 have paid less than 30%, and those making more than $250,000 have been paying around $35% (ish). 

Those are the tax rates.  I'm asking about percentage of taxes paid as that would indicate burden.  This one only goes back to 1979, but from there the tax burden has decreased on the lower earners and increased on the higher earners.  

https://www.taxpolicycenter.org/statistics/shares-federal-tax-liabilities-all-households

Edit: This doesn't account for rate of increase income, but the lower ends are not carrying a higher burden of the taxes. I think the bottom 40% or something like that actually pay an effective rate of zero.