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Very painful to see Corporate income taxes @ 8%, vs. Personal income taxes @ 36%. on the income pie chart^ However, not at all surprised. That stat would arguably make the most material difference to voters, if only they knew about it. Edit: Adds another degree of pain when you consider that the CEO-to-worker pay ratio reached 281-to-1 in 2024.
Why should it be painful that all personal federal incomes taxes produce 4x the income as the federal taxes on all corporations?
Because U.S. corporations were taxed on a total of gross receipts of roughly $40T, while personal income was taxed on a much tighter pool of roughly $23.9T.