Sean Hannity: The idea that the rich don't pay their fair share of taxes “just is not true”

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Sean Hannity: The idea that the rich don't pay their fair share of taxes "just is not true"

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From the August 6, 2026, edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Sean Hannity Show

SEAN HANNITY (HOST): And, you know, for people that talk about, well, the rich don't pay their fair share. Sorry, the people that don't pay anything, the bottom 50 percent of wage earners, pay about two percent of federal income taxes. Top 10 percent pay nearly 60 percent, and you go up from there. So this notion, this idea, tax the rich, and rich aren't paying their fair share, that just is not true.