Five Charts Show What Americans Really Pay in Taxes
It's more—and less—than you think.
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A lot of Americans feel like they're getting cheated at tax time. In a Pew Research Center poll last year, 61 percent said it bothered them "a lot" that "some wealthy people don't pay their fair share."
Try defining "fair share." But you can learn a lot about the U.S. tax burden by looking at five simple charts.