Unfortunately, the information in this MSNBC debate on income inequality is wrong and filled with hysteria. IRS data show In 2022, about 40.1% of U.S. households paid no federal individual income tax. The majority of these households were in the lower income brackets. 90% of households making less than $30,000 pay no federal income tax. About half of households making between $30,000 and $60,000 pay no federal income tax. The top 20% income brackets pay 70% of the federal income tax, the top 50% pay 98%. There is no national income pie that the government slices up and hands out like a pizza to solve income inequality. The government is now $36.15 trillion in debt from overspending.