Friday, May 13, 2011

Actually, Wall Street Journal, The Combined Income Of People Earning Over $200K DWARFS The Middle Class Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/wall-street-journal-mother-jones-rich-taxes-2011-5#ixzz1MHFF0TDx

See the article for graphs.

http://www.businessinsider.com/wall-street-journal-mother-jones-rich-taxes-2011-5

Noah Davis | May 12, 2011, 3:09 PM

The Wall Street Journal published an op-ed back in April arguing that "you can't eliminate the deficit just by taxing the rich because the rich don't have enough money."
To prove their point, they included a chart that showed those earning between $100k and $200k accounted for more than $1.3 trillion in total taxable income, far more than any other group.

But there is a big caveat: If you add all the incomes that are higher than $200k, you get a number that is much larger than $1.3 trillion.

So yes, the middle class earns a lot. But the rich earn way more.


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