Wonderful: the author said "take" so he must be a Marxist and can be ignored! As can the dictionary which foolishly asserts that "take" means "to get into one's hands or into one's possession, power, or control" which is nothing like the true meaning you have revealed. ;-)
>>I could point to AN ANALYSIS OF THE CBO’S LATEST STUDY ON HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION. Oh lookee, a link :
http://budget.house.gov/UploadedFiles/CBOInequality.pdfThanks for the analysis by Paul Ryan. Here are some original source figures and conclusions:
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/124xx/doc12485/WebSummary.pdf ... FWIW, the CBO report talks about the top 1% but latest figures say that the top 0.1% of the nation's earners is making about 50% of all capital gains on the sale of shares or property after 1 year. And paying 15% tax on these amounts that make up the majority of their income.
FWIW, that 0.1% figure is quite significant. It had been said that the US oligarchy and disparity was most comparable to places like Iran, whereas figures like 0.1% are more consistent with other places that have been in the news recently.
"... They ne'er cared for us
yet: suffer us to famish, and their store-houses
crammed with grain; make edicts for usury, to
support usurers; repeal daily any wholesome act
established against the rich, and provide more
piercing statutes daily, to chain up and restrain
the poor. If the wars eat us not up, they will; and
there's all the love they bear us."
-- Shakespeare: Coriolanus, Act 1, scene 1
