Joe Rogan Experience #2535 - Andrew Wilson · Aired Aug 5, 2026
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A massive percentage of California's tax revenue is generated by a half-dozen people.
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California's top 1 percent of taxpayers pays a very large share of personal income tax, nearly 39 percent for 2022 and 50 percent in 2021, according to the state budget office. But that group is more than 170,000 tax returns, not half a dozen people, so the 'half a dozen' part is badly wrong. Falsifier: state tax records showing only a handful of filers producing a large share of California income tax in a given year.
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Is it true that a massive percentage of California's tax revenue is generated by a half-dozen people?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. California's top 1 percent of taxpayers pays a very large share of personal income tax, nearly 39 percent for 2022 and 50 percent in 2021, according to the state budget office. But that group is more than 170,000 tax returns, not half a dozen people, so the 'half a dozen' part is badly wrong. It was said on Joe Rogan Experience #2535 - Andrew Wilson, aired Aug 5, 2026, at 1:54:23. We haven't independently confirmed who said it. The supporting source is ebudget.ca.gov, linked below.
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