Absolutely stunning charts about the gap between the rich and the poor. The fact that the tax cuts didn't pass in December is a disgrace. We need to raise the tax on the rich back up to Clinton era percentages of 39% (only a 3% increase) and raise the corporate tax or at best eliminate loopholes that allow fortune 500 companies to pay very little in taxes.
http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/02/income-inequality-in-america-chart-graph
It is pretty sad, I just read an article that said that if you have a dollar in your wallet then you have more money then what Exxon/Mobile or Bank of America paid in Income taxes. I love how politicians want to tax the little man and blame us (like in Wisconsin) for why we have no money. Maybe you would have money if the corporate fat cats paid taxes like everyone else!
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