Photo courtesy of WETM / Screenshot from YouTube Despite Democrat claims about the rich not paying their fair share, IRS data shows that the top 20% of earners pay more than 65% of all federal income taxes, while the bottom 20% pay effectively nothing, receiving more in benefits than they are paying in taxes. According to data from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the U.S. Census Bureau, the bottom 20% of U.S. income earners (households in the lowest income quintile) receive a significant portion, often the majority, of their income from government transfers such as Medicaid, SNAP (food stamps), housing subsidies, and refundable tax credits like the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). Roughly 80% of Americans are taxpayers, while the remaining 20% are net…
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