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To: Follies who wrote (40544)8/1/2011 1:59:53 PM
From: marcher1 Recommendation  Respond to of 71463
 
that chart shows that the superrich have all the income. something saez exposed last year. here's baker before that:

April 16, 2009
Dean Baker

The vast majority of the income gains in the United States over the last three decades have gone to the richest 5% of the population, largely as a result of policies that were explicitly designed to redistribute income upwards. Therefore it is far more appropriate to tax the richest 5%t of families who have prospered than the broad middle class who have suffered.

commondreams.org



To: Follies who wrote (40544)8/1/2011 2:16:02 PM
From: ggersh  Respond to of 71463
 
Maybe those figures are screwed because of unemployment??



To: Follies who wrote (40544)8/1/2011 5:54:12 PM
From: GST13 Recommendations  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 71463
 
<rich are paying more than their fair share > Because the rich have gigantic assets and income while a huge portion of the population is essentially bankrupt.


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