# What do you want the Democrats to accomplish?

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**Created:** [November 9, 2006, 7:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-do-you-want-the-democrats-to-accomplish/19948 "2006-11-09T07:58:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 10, 2006, 1:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-do-you-want-the-democrats-to-accomplish/19948/68 "2006-11-10T13:07:06Z")

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> [@JaysGreenLX](#):
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> 95% percent is a little high. Its more like 80%
> 
> As with most things in life the 80%-20% rule applies.
> 
> I do agree with the flat tax though.  
> So does this guy

I embellished a bit…  
I found some old numbers from 2002.(the rich actually pay more currently)  
Only 11,000,000 people pay 37.5% of the total tax income.  
That is more than 1/3 of all tax revenue is covered by only 11,000,000 people!!!  
56% is paid by the top 5%.  
67% is paid by the top 10%.  
84% is paid by the top 25%.  
96% is paid by the top 50%.  
3.9% is paid by the bottom 50%!!!  
I REPEAT 3.9% is paid by the bottom 50%!!!  
HALF of the country combined only pays 3.9%!!!  
Think about that!

So should the top 10% pay more than 2/3 of the total tax revenue?

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