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Usually, wealthy people pay capital gains tax not income tax. People who pay higher rate income tax are just normal people with a larger salary. Not every country works like this however.


The net tax rate after subsidies is essentially zero% for the bottom 50% in income terms.


Basically: if you're in the middle, you're lunch.




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