so we're talking the likes of jeff bayfield, you mentioned l must, warren buffet. all of these be combined. their average income tax rate is around 3.4 percent. the average american household is paying 14 percent, so probably says that this dispels the myth that the tax burden is carried by the most capable of paying it. so i don't expect any tips from you now, but nobody like to pay taxes, but how did they do it? well, it's all legal and it's all down to how these wealthy people make their money. so they don't get a paycheck once a month like your i might like most people do and you know, get, get taxed on that. the way they make that money is by how that assets increase in value each year. so things like shad real estate, etc. so if you look at, for example, jeff pays off in one of the 2 years when he paid no income tax in 2007, his actual assets grew in value by something like $4000000000.00. his taxable income, though, was around 46000000 and that was combined with the income of his wife. however, he was able to offset that with losses elsewhere and so pay no i