Claim: "The top 1 percent of income earners pay 40 percent of all state income taxes, and those at the bottom pay little or nothing."
Fact-check: Sen. Mike Doherty says minority of New Jersey income earners pay nearly half state's income taxes
Verdict: true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Caryn Shinske
Date published: 2011-06-29T00:00:00