On October 24 the Joint Economic Committee released the latest IRS data for 2000. Here’s the table:

> Top 1%: Adjusted Gross Income of more than $313,469, pays 37.42 percent of all income tax collected

> Top 5%: $128,336, pays 56.47 percent

> Top 10%: $92,144, pays 67.33 percent

> Top 25%: $55,225, pays 84.01 percent

> Top 50%: $27,682, pays 96.09 percent

> Bottom 50%: less than $27,682, pays a mere 3.91 percent