If you flip it around, and ask, how much of your total income is used to pay taxes and fees for federal, state, and local taxes, the ones at the lower end will be paying a much higher percentage of their income.
This is simply false.
One can certainly argue that our tax code should be more progressive than it is, but denying that it is progressive at all is contradicted by the facts.
This is simply false.
One can certainly argue that our tax code should be more progressive than it is, but denying that it is progressive at all is contradicted by the facts.