Funny how this article avoids Social Security tax which has tripled on the income bracket below $50,000. Plus this article doesn't point out that this income bracket (under $50,000) probably spends 100% of their income which means that on an average they are paying 10 to 15% sales tax. You add the social security tax plus the average sales tax and you see that his income group is paying at least 15% to 20% of their income in taxes. And it's funny how the article doesn't compare the income bracket of families making between $150,000 to $350,000 to the families making $3.5 million up to $35 million. If you include ALL taxes (fed and state income, state and local sales, real estate, social security, medicare,AMT etc.), the new "middle class" of America is paying up to 58% in taxes while the families making above $35 million see an average tax rate under 25%. This is where the tax code is so grossly unfair.