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Income tax in particular in the United States is concentrated on the top half of the income distribution, and very heavily skewed towards the top 10 or even top 1 percent.

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Judy Woodruff
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: November 20
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Tulsa
Oklahoma
Judy Carline Woodruff
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