You see these tax shares and the Nordic reality and the whole “tax the rich more” chant starts looking hollow. Hardest workers already carry most of the load while half the country pays almost nothing. Nordic success comes from markets not socialism yet people keep selling the opposite story. Envy politics ignores the numbers every time.
All left narratives are based on feelings instead of facts, but "tax the rich" is really funny.
The top 10% of US taxpayers pay 59% of income taxes, while the bottom 50% pay only 3%.
As everyone uses the same state services, why should the hardest-working people pay even more? pic.twitter.com/PWVRHlDJdH
— Michael A. Arouet (@MichaelAArouet) July 22, 2026
American democratic socialists are simply clueless. They follow feel-good narratives that have nothing to do with reality.
Capitalism isn’t the biggest enemy of socialism; facts and data are its biggest enemies.
Are their voters really so naive and ignorant? https://t.co/CBqHh5FWQW pic.twitter.com/DH4nHdFeMj
— Michael A. Arouet (@MichaelAArouet) July 21, 2026
Tax Foundation latest federal income tax data
https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/federal/latest-federal-income-tax-data-2025/ National Taxpayers Union who pays income taxes
https://www.ntu.org/foundation/tax-page/who-pays-income-taxes