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Message: <blockquote data-quote="vvvvvvv" data-source="post: 1889183" data-attributes="member: 5151">So where do you raise them?In 2009, the 1% ($343,927+) accounted for 16.9% of AGI and 36.7% of income tax revenue. The 5% ($154,643+) accounted for 31.7% of AGI and 58.7% of income tax revenue.I would venture and educated guess that even increasing taxes on the top 5% to the 90% rate seen during WW2 wouldn't make a dent even if you actively forced them to stay in the country.And even then, all that Congress would see it as is "I CAN HAZ MOAR 2 SPEND 4 MOAR VOTEZ". And the cycle continues.</blockquote>