[Son House]

Keep in mind your comparing income to being rich, 2 different measures, think like one is earnings, the other is the estate

[aruanan]

Keep in mind your [sic] comparing income to being rich, 2 different measures, think like one is earnings, the other is the estate

Yes, and the federal income tax on earnings is the broadest objective measure out there. Even if there are many, many, many rich people whose estates are such that they are paying little or no taxes on them, that doesn't mean that middle class is paying "most of the tax" in the U.S.. And it certainly doesn't mean that the middle class is paying most of the income tax.