Ernest Schaal <eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp> wrote:
> in article catgk7$r9h$1@news.Stanford.EDU, mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net at
> mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote on 6/18/04 10:30 AM:

>> Ernest Schaal <eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp> wrote:
>>> in article catdie$o00$1@news.Stanford.EDU, mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net at
>>> mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote on 6/18/04 9:38 AM:
>> 
>>>> Total Income Tax Shares (percentage of federal income tax collections
>>>> paid by each group)
>>>> 
>>>> We see that the tax burden shifted downwards for the upper 1%, upwards
>>>> for everyone else in the table.
>> 
>>> Mike, I think you need to check what you read for accuracy. The fact that
>> 
>> Please point out any factual errors. Thanks.

> I did before. Basically, you were (and apparently are) presupposing a
> constant tax burden.

Uh, no. I corrected your mistake about "total tax burden" which must, by
defintion, equal 100%.

Care to try again?

Mike