opinion There seems to be a lot of misinformation about who pays taxes and who doesn’t. According to the Taxpayers Union, in 2009, the top 1 percent of taxpayers paid 38 percent of the total federal personal income tax, the top 10 percent paid 70 percent and the bottom 50 percent paid about 3 percent. The...
Brainerd, 56401

Brainerd MN 506 James St. / PO Box 974 56401

2011-06-22 20:53:28

There seems to be a lot of misinformation about who pays taxes and who doesn’t. According to the Taxpayers Union, in 2009, the top 1 percent of taxpayers paid 38 percent of the total federal personal income tax, the top 10 percent paid 70 percent and the bottom 50 percent paid about 3 percent. The bottom 40 percent pays no federal tax at all.