I've been Upper Lower class for years and am now Lower Middle class. I haven't paid a single digit tax rate for over 20 years and am typically taxed at a rate between 10% and 16%. I've seen people that get EITC have a negative rate up to 15%. I think it's throwing the numbers off making it look like those of us who do pay taxes barely pay any taxes. While the upper 20 may pay 95% they're making 72% of the money. You're not going to squeeze a lot out of those that are only making 28%.