https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/04/11/is-taxation-about-growth-revenue-or-fairness/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 07:13:10 -0400<![CDATA[The goal, Mr. Furman explained, is to establish a &#8220;a basic issue of tax fairness.&#8221; Millionaires should pay an effective tax rate no lower than a middle-class secretary or a plumber. But wait: IRS data show that middle-class workers on average pay just under 15% of their income in federal taxes, while the richest 0.1% pay almost twice as high a rate on average, or 26%.]]>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:20:29 -0400<![CDATA[Tina Korbe]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/04/11/is-taxation-about-growth-revenue-or-fairness-n91551