journalist
Aimee Picchi
Associate managing editor for CBS MoneyWatch, reporting on personal finance, the economy, and tax policy.
Arguments they've used
- The rich already pay their fair share
Rebuts the claim with total-tax-rate evidence. "Factoring in all federal, state and local taxes, those ultra-wealthy households pay a total rate of about 23% — that compares with 24.2% for the bottom half of households." Headline income-tax shares mask a system that is regressive at the very top.