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laffer curve

What You’ve Been Told About Taxes Is a Lie — Here’s Who Really Pays

Tom Bilyeu

The podcast challenges the popular narrative, exemplified by slogans like #EatTheRich and AOC's Met Gala dress, that billionaires are not paying their fair share of taxes. By analyzing federal income tax data from 2021 provided by the Koch Institute, the speaker argues that the top 1% paid over $1 t …