Tax Rate for Ultrarich Drops Dramatically per GOP Cuts | Drudge Retort

Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Tax Rate for Ultrarich Drops Dramatically per GOP Cuts

The effective tax rate for the wealthiest 0.0002 percent of Americans " a group that corresponds roughly to the billionaires on the famous Forbes 400 list " fell from 30 percent to 24 percent after the 2017 GOP tax cuts, which were extended last month by Congress in Trump's "big, beautiful bill."

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"The effective tax rate for the U.S. population as a whole is about 30 percent, and for people with the top salaries, it's about 45 percent.

But for the 100 wealthiest Americans, it's 22 percent, according to a study published Monday by the National Bureau of Economic Research."

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"The centerpiece of the 2017 Trump tax cuts was the reduction of the corporate tax rate from 35 to 21 percent, a change that made a big difference for the billionaire class.

"Out of the top 400's effective tax rate of 23.8 percent, about 9 points comes from the corporate tax," Zucman and his coauthors found."

No one could have predicted that the Billionaire President would cut the most taxes for himself and his Campaign donors!

MAGA is shocked I tells ya... shocked!!

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-08-27 02:04 AM

@#1 ... The effective tax rate for the U.S. population as a whole is about 30 percent, and for people with the top salaries, it's about 45 percent.

But for the 100 wealthiest Americans, it's 22 percent, according to a study published Monday by the National Bureau of Economic Research." ...

And, to try to pay for that Trump Deficit (emphasis on "try to pay for"), the Republicans have voted to cut food and medical aid to workers who strive to make endsmeet.

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-08-27 02:52 AM

Meanwhile.

25% of all of America's debt was incurred during Trump's first term office.

And considering how much he's spending on military parades, golfing, and paying the National Guard to do nothing in Washington DC, he's well on his way to out spending his first term in office.

Tax cuts for the extremely wealthy should help pay for it.

#3 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-08-27 03:05 AM

#4 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-08-27 04:35 AM

And YOUR taxes have dramatically increased due to tariffs

Thanks magat scum

#5 | Posted by truthhurts at 2025-08-27 07:17 AM

Taxes for the middle class go up 15% thanks to tariffs.

Taxes for billionaires go down.

That was always the plan.

Yet the poorest most welfare dependent red states and counties vote for it over and over and over.

"I love the poorly educated" is not the compliment you dummies think it is.

#6 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-08-27 08:50 AM

Your racist sensibilities were PLAYED like a fiddle.

#7 | Posted by fresno500 at 2025-08-27 09:04 AM

Remember no tax on tips? That expires in a little over three years. A waitress making $25K will save about $20 a week.

Meanwhile, the average billionaire saves over a million dollars a week.

And all the former screechers about deficits have gone dead silent.

#8 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-08-27 09:46 AM

It's almost like Billionaires bought them a White House and a Yuge Tax Cut... at the expense of everyone else.

Where are all the Trumpers to defend this?

#9 | Posted by Corky at 2025-08-27 10:33 AM

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