ProPublica recently gained access to a significant amount of U.S. tax information. To their surprise, they learned that billionaires do not pay much income tax relative to their enormous wealth. The records even showed that Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Michael Bloomberg, and George Soros have all gotten away with paying $0 in federal income taxes in some years.

There has been a long-running myth that the wealthiest Americans pay the most taxes. However, this discovery proves that this is not even remotely the case. While many people have suspected this for a long time, this discovery proves suspicions to be true.

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ProPublica revealed that this discovery not only applied to income and taxes but also to their investments, stock trades, and gambling winnings. According to IRS records, the wealthiest can legally pay income taxes that are only a small fraction of the hundreds of millions or billions of dollars they own. We must explore every approach to ensure a sense of fairness, and demand that billionaires pay their taxes every year.

Sign this petition to demand a change in the tax code to make sure the wealthiest pay their fair share!

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