• AA5B@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    I’m surprised it’s that high. The reason their effective rate goes down, is getting money by ways that are either special cases in the tax code or aren’t “income”. Until you fix those, wealthy people will still have the lowest tax rate.

    …although apparently the tax rate for long term capital gains is already 20% for the wealthy. I didn’t know that