Figure 1

Eliminating the taxable maximum would disproportionately affect wealthy areas

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Author's analysis of Ruggles et al., IPUMS USA: Version 16.0; "Regional Data GDP and Personal Income," Bureau of Economic Analysis; Feenberg, Daniel Richard, and Elisabeth Coutts. "An Introduction to the TAXSIM Model." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, vol. 12, no. 1 (Winter 1993), pp. 189–194; and "Geocorr 2022," Missouri Census Data Center.