# What issue most divides you from others who share your general political ideology? **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-issue-most-divides-you-from-others-who-share-your-general-political-ideology/923865 **Category:** Great Debates **Created:** [October 25, 2020, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-issue-most-divides-you-from-others-who-share-your-general-political-ideology/923865 "2020-10-25T20:04:45Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 68
### Author: ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies) #### Post date: [October 29, 2020, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-issue-most-divides-you-from-others-who-share-your-general-political-ideology/923865/68 "2020-10-29T12:26:58Z")
If the top marginal rate for individuals was 70+% … what effect would that have had on Trump’s $750 tax bill ? Any ? Would he have paid $752 instead ? For those who haven’t seen it, I recently started a thread that’s (only as relevant to this one as the detour about taxes): > [@Do the rich pay their fair share?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-rich-pay-their-fair-share/921817): > > I did a quick search and found very little specifically about this. In association with the latest story about DJT’s tax returns, I heard a statistic that the wealthiest Americans pay an average of 24% in Federal Income Tax. I presume they’re talking about [Effective Tax Rate](https://www.thestreet.com/personal-finance/taxes/what-is-the-effective-tax-rate-15102865). But Effective Tax Rate reminds me of an old joke in medicine: The surgery was a complete success, but the patient died. Sometimes, our definitions differ from the definitions used by others. According to [Pew Research](https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/10/06/a-closer-look-at-who-does-and-doesnt-pay-u-s-income-tax/): … I think there’s a more fundamental problem that we’re missing … and it’s not an issue of coincidence. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-issue-most-divides-you-from-others-who-share-your-general-political-ideology/923865)._