Concern over paying for government programs is all well and good (“Joe Biden’s Economic Fantasy World,” Free Expression, Sept. 28). But when Gerard Baker complains that, according to the Tax Foundation, the top 1% pay 40% of all taxes while the bottom 50% pay less than the top 3%, he neglects to mention the percentage of total income made by each group, top and bottom. These are also relevant statistics that would present the tax proposals in a different light. What is fair is in the eye of the taxpayer.

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Internal Revenue Service Form 1040s for individual income tax.

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Concern over paying for government programs is all well and good (“Joe Biden’s Economic Fantasy World,” Free Expression, Sept. 28). But when Gerard Baker complains that, according to the Tax Foundation, the top 1% pay 40% of all taxes while the bottom 50% pay less than the top 3%, he neglects to mention the percentage of total income made by each group, top and bottom. These are also relevant statistics that would present the tax proposals in a different light. What is fair is in the eye of the taxpayer.

Charles Hardiman

Reno, Nev.