claim: "the top 1 percent pay over half of the entire revenue for this country."
author: trent franks
evidence_1: apr 14, 2015 ... the top-earning 1 percent of americans will pay nearly half of federal income  taxes for 2014, the largest share in at least 3 years, a study says. ... the u.s. is  more dependent on the income tax than other countries, with 37 percent of total  government revenue coming from the income tax, compared with 24 ...
evidence_2: apr 13, 2016 ... just over half (54%) of americans surveyed in fall by pew research center said  they pay about the right amount in taxes considering what they get from the  federal government, ... in fiscal 2015, the federal government collected $343.8  billion from corporate income taxes, or 10.6% of its total revenue.
evidence_3: oct 26, 2015 ... "on taxes, we do have a progressive tax rate when you consider that the top 1  percent pay 45 percent of all taxes in the country," bush said during the oct. ...  experts on taxes, calculated in june that the top 1 percent will have 16.5 percent  of total income in 2015 and pay 43.6 percent of federal income taxes.
evidence_4: jan 27, 2014 ... although the highest rate of income tax only affects a tiny percentage of the uk's  29.3 million taxpayers, it represents a considerable chunk of hmrc's revenue  from personal income. approximately 6,000 people in the uk pay tax on income  over £2,000,000. at the lower extreme, 487,000 people pay tax on ...
evidence_5: dec 1, 2015 ... over the last decade, a huge share of america's income and wealth gains has  flowed to the top one-tenth of the richest 1 percent, the wealthiest one ... the total  wealth of the latest 400 adds up to $2.34 trillion, a new all-time record and more  than the gdp of india, a country with a population of over a billion.