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Comment by rayiner

3 hours ago

At peak career ages, the 75th percentile household income is almost $200k and the 90th percentile is almost $300k. That’s exactly the range you need to tax. Across all ages, households earning between $150k and $800k earn half of all income—$7 trillion.

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