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发帖数: 29846 | 1 "This week, a new economic report confirmed what most Americans already
believe to be true: over the past three decades, the middle class has lost
ground while the wealthiest few have become even wealthier. In fact, the
average income for the top one percent of Americans has risen almost seven
times faster than the income of the average middle class family. "
-President Obama, October 29, 2011.
Ummmmmm...
THE TOP 1% WEALTH SHARE IN THE UNITED STATES, 1916-2000
Sometimes lies make for a better story than the truth, I guess. Courtesy of
Randall Hoven's brilliant observation,
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/11/graph_for_the_day_f
Graph of the Day on American Thinker.
Share of the wealth held by the top 1%, selected years:
In 1916: 38.12%
In 1930: 40.29%
In 1940: 25.27%
In 1960: 25.25%
In 1969: 22.86%
In 1985: 22.35%
In 1990: 20.86%
In 2000: 20.79%
Source: NBER study: Top Wealth Shares in the United States, 1916-2000: Evidence from Estate Tax Returns, by Wojciech Kopczuk and Emmanuel Saez | o***s
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