![Tax Rate for Richest 400 Taxpayers Plummeted in Recent Decades, Even as Their Pre-Tax Incomes Skyrocketed | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Tax Rate for Richest 400 Taxpayers Plummeted in Recent Decades, Even as Their Pre-Tax Incomes Skyrocketed | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities](https://www.cbpp.org/sites/default/files/styles/report_580_high_dpi/public/thumbnails/image/2-22-10tax-f1.jpg?itok=uyd8yKCE)
Tax Rate for Richest 400 Taxpayers Plummeted in Recent Decades, Even as Their Pre-Tax Incomes Skyrocketed | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
![The top tax rate has been cut six times since 1980 — usually with Democrats' help - The Washington Post The top tax rate has been cut six times since 1980 — usually with Democrats' help - The Washington Post](https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/Q7TN7N73JNAQHM5E7524QFGMKE.png)
The top tax rate has been cut six times since 1980 — usually with Democrats' help - The Washington Post
![Chart of the day: The inverse relationship between the top marginal income tax rate and the tax burden on 'the rich' | American Enterprise Institute - AEI Chart of the day: The inverse relationship between the top marginal income tax rate and the tax burden on 'the rich' | American Enterprise Institute - AEI](https://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/taxes.png)