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“ The state’s 30 wealthiest zip codes hold 20 percent of the state’s net worth, while making up only 2 percent of state population.”[1] This study uses zip code as a proxy, but it seems to be a lot less concentrated that 1% holding 46% of the wealth. By your logic, to be fair these taxes would need to be about half as progressive.

[1]https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2019/4093/ca-geography-wealth-090...



That’s not their logic at all. You’re looking at something that has possible correlations and overlap. Not close to fully accurate. Zip codes of many people including people not in top 1% does not equal top 1%




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