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mikekohr

(2,312 posts)
Sat Jan 21, 2012, 12:37 PM Jan 2012

Income Inequality, the 99% versus the 1%, cache of graphs and stats

Here's a link to 9 graphs and numerous articles that highlight the gi"F-ing"normous gap in income between the 1% and the rest of us.

-Pay close attention to the graphs on tax policy that explain in large part how we got to this point, the worst since 1929, and why it is so important that Democratic candidates, from the President to school board members, get elected this November.-

http://bureaucountydems.blogspot.com/p/income-inequality-99-versus-1.html

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Income Inequality, the 99% versus the 1%, cache of graphs and stats (Original Post) mikekohr Jan 2012 OP
nice job, K&N n/t NMDemDist2 Jan 2012 #1
I'd drop the decimal points hfojvt Jan 2012 #2
Excellant work. mikekohr Jan 2012 #5
not at all hfojvt Jan 2012 #7
Does this graphy really make the point that Dems want to make? hughee99 Jan 2012 #3
This trend has exploded with the lowering of the upper tax bracket mikekohr Jan 2012 #4
Certainly there's a case to be made, hughee99 Jan 2012 #6

hfojvt

(37,573 posts)
2. I'd drop the decimal points
Sat Jan 21, 2012, 01:30 PM
Jan 2012

the tiny, far away print on my screen makes this "It was $31,073.00 in 1970" look like 31 million until I say "that cannot be right," and lean closer and squint.

Plus, it is not accurate. $31,073 is clearly rounded to the nearest dollar and could be anything from $31,072.5 to $37,073.49.

Plus, I happen to be fond of my pie charts, showing the top 1% taking a bigger slice and the bottom 75% being squeezed.
http://www.koch2congress.com/5.html

hfojvt

(37,573 posts)
7. not at all
Sat Jan 21, 2012, 04:42 PM
Jan 2012

I keep paying for the website to inform the four or five people who visit in a month. More traffic is usually a good thing.

hughee99

(16,113 posts)
3. Does this graphy really make the point that Dems want to make?
Sat Jan 21, 2012, 01:50 PM
Jan 2012

the bottom 99% have barely changed. Under Clinton, the top 1% went from about 600k to over 800k. Under *, they went from about 800k to 900k. If your goal is to use this to advocate for Dems, I don't see it here.

mikekohr

(2,312 posts)
4. This trend has exploded with the lowering of the upper tax bracket
Sat Jan 21, 2012, 03:42 PM
Jan 2012

That continued through the administration of Bill Cinton. President Clinton raised the upper tax bracket and produced 5 balanced budgets, which is 5 times as many balanced budgets as the last 5 Republican presidents combined. see: http://bureaucountydems.blogspot.com/p/national-debt.html

The upper brackets did better because the economic and tax policies of President also produced the greatest creation of wealth and the greatest job creation in US history.
see: http://bureaucountydems.blogspot.com/p/job-growth.html

But the fundamental fact remains, until the Middle Class is stregthened, our economy remains vulnerable. President Obama's tax and economic policies favor the working classes in this country. Those policies and favorable rules and appointments to organized labor are the keys to this happening.

Here's what they want:
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hughee99

(16,113 posts)
6. Certainly there's a case to be made,
Sat Jan 21, 2012, 03:52 PM
Jan 2012

but the graph at the top of the link doesn't really make it, though the chart at the bottom does. If I were trying to make the case, I'd lead with the chart you posted rather than the graph at the top of the link.

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