This is pretty astounding re Zucman's claim that the poor pay higher taxes than the rich. To get to that point in one of his models he not only excludes the EITC - he's also treating private insurance as if it is a poll tax. Cumulative effect = raising avg rate paid by the poor

This is pretty astounding re Zucman's claim that the poor pay higher taxes than the rich. To get to that point in one of his models he not only excludes the EITC - he's also treating private insurance as if it is a poll tax. Cumulative effect = raising avg rate paid by the poor pic.twitter.com/Kzu1MHyzpn

— Phil Magness (@PhilWMagness) October 15, 2019