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ftr-427	Lindsey, Vada Waters	The Widening Gap Under the Internal Revenue Code: The Need for Renewed Progressivity	2022	49	.pdf	application/pdf	21015	1305	62	The current system fails because it does not adhere to the ability-to-pay principle because many taxpayers’ after tax income leaves them with incomes below the poverty level. The actual191 amount of total income tax after deductions and credits consistently increased from 1991 through 1996.	cache/ftr-427.pdf	txt/ftr-427.txt