ran@ho95b.UUCP (RANeinast) (03/22/85)
From the Wall Street Journal (3/21/85): TAX PAYMENTS BY INCOME GROUPS (Adjusted Gross Income) [% of Total Taxes Paid] Income Class 1981 1982 1983 $0-$15K 9.1 8.4 7.4 $15K-$30K 27.6 26.0 23.6 $30K-$50K 30.3 30.2 29.8 $50K-$100K 17.9 18.1 19.4 >$100K 15.0 17.3 19.6 >$1M 1.7 2.4 3.6 (source: IRS figures--I notice they don't add up to 100% though; what do you expect from the IRS?)) In addition, the "tax Gini coefficient" [a value of 1 indictes perfect progressivity--one rich person pays all the tax--and a value of 0 has everyone paying the same tax, regardless of income] rose from .6488 to .6560 between 1981 and 1983. -- "Watch me pull a Gini out of my lamp." "Again? That trick never works." "Nothing up my sleeve. Presto!" "RRowwwwwwwrrrr!" "No doubt about it. I've gotta get a new lamp." -- ". . . and shun the frumious Bandersnatch." Robert Neinast (ihnp4!ho95b!ran) AT&T-Bell Labs