I see your point, but don&#x27;t forget that almost 50% of Americans don&#x27;t pay any federal tax at all.[1]  In fact some of them get EITC, so they are getting <i>free</i> money from the government on top of keeping all of their salary.<p>So my question still stands, what would be a fair breakdown of tax burden? Top 1% pay 100% of all income taxes? 90%?<p>I&#x27;m not trying to start an argument, I&#x27;m asking an honest question.<p>Unless we know what &quot;fair&quot; looks like, we don&#x27;t know what needs to change.<p>[1]<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;dailycaller.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;10&#x2F;07&#x2F;in-2015-45-percent-of-americans-will-pay-no-federal-income-taxes&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;dailycaller.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;10&#x2F;07&#x2F;in-2015-45-percent-of-amer...</a>