# If the rich paid all the taxes in the US, how many people would that be?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 21, 2006, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-rich-paid-all-the-taxes-in-the-us-how-many-people-would-that-be/385083 "2006-12-21T16:40:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-rich-paid-all-the-taxes-in-the-us-how-many-people-would-that-be/385083/61 "2006-12-22T02:14:24Z")

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Easily one of the dumber attemps at a General Question thread I’ve been subjected to.

Since the OP thinks he’s satisfied that the “question” he wanted to ask has been “answered,” let’s close this one.

If anyone has a thread of complaint, you know we have other fora.

**samclem** GQ moderator

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