File talk:Historical Mariginal Tax Rate for Highest and Lowest Income Earners.jpg

The claim that the blue line represents the lowest rate is false. The lowest income earners pay zero federal income tax. This blue line is horribly inaccurate.

The last comment is correct. A large percentage of US workers actually have a NEGATIVE effective income tax rate, in that they receive a "rebate" check.

In addition, the presentation of this data in the given form will likely mislead the viewer. The upper bracket at the time of inception was comprised of a miniscule number of individuals. This relative proportion of bracket size is very important.

Since the graph is obviously wrong on the face of it, regarding the "lowest earners" portion, I am removing it at this time.

ProfJustice (talk) 08:50, 5 January 2014 (UTC)