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Your article doesn't directly talk about the tax rate for the top 1%.

The fact that the percentage of total tax collected attributed to the top 1% has risen from 24% to 30% seems to be more indicative of higher wealth inequality, especially if the figures the other posters have mentioned about lower total tax rates on the rich are true. To me that's a good reason to raise taxes on top earners and lower taxes on the middle class.

How do you include record adults not paying taxes in that then, along with record employment?

Do you want everyone paying more, and the poor paying tax as well, or more income inequality but less people paying tax? You can’t have both.

When you make most of the money, you pay most of the taxes. You can't squeeze blood from a stone. 10% of a billion dollars is a lot more money than 50% of $100,000.

Its the highest ever because the 1% are correspondingly much richer than ever.