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Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha on September 15 called for the promotion of cooperation, multilateral relations and solidarity among nations of the South to cope with global challenges.
President. >> reporter: then he points to a married couple making $105,000 a year on which he says their tax rate is 19%. then a pediatrician and spouse making $173,900 a year and paying a 23% tax rate, he said. >> 16, 19, 23. it's the basic core of our progressive tax system. >> reporter: in fact, the tax system is so progressive, gregg, that 40-50% of all working americans with lower incomes pay no income tax at all which is one reason critics were suspicious of the white house numbers. listen. >> and the executive assistant, we didn't come up with 16%, we got 7%. and when we looked at the t...
At the end of the day, she pays tax rate of 16%. then points to a married couple making $105,000 a year where they pay a 19% rate. pediatrician and spouse making $173,900 a year, paying 23% rate. leading to this conclusion. >> 16, 19, 23. it's the basic core of our progressive tax system. >> the white house points to group of multimillionaires it claims only pays 18% rate. others, however, argue the tax system is so progressive that 40 to 50% of all working americans pay no income tax at all. one reason critics suspected something was wrong with the white house numbers. >> the executive system...
>> she sits down to do her taxes, she takes outside deductions and ebgt annex khraougss at the end of the day she pays an effective federal tax rate of 16%. >> reporter: he points to a married couple making $105 a year on which he says their tax rate is 19%. a pediatrician and spouse making 173,900 a year and paying a 23 tax rate leading him to this conclusion. >> 16, 19, 23. it's the basic core of our progressive tax system. >> reporter: everyone supports a progressive tax system. in fact it's so progressive that 40 to 50% of all americans of modest income pay no income tax at all one of seve...