IRS No Longer Accepts Checks Over $99,999,999
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9andaWiggle
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Those poor 1%ers. Wait, I thought they didn't have to pay any taxes because their crooked tax lawyers get them out of it?
bbfreeburn
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I don't know about that, but I did find this:
http://www.epi.org/publication/ib331-ceo-pay-top-1-percent/
I have no idea what (if any) the bias of this outfit is, but it's an interesting read.
I did hear Bernie Sanders say that the top 1% (wealthwise) get 58% of the wealth generated in this country - don't know where he got that.
Good Times Good Times
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http://www.businessinsider.com/inequality-in-the-us-is-much-more-extreme-than-you-think-2015-6
Here is one of the more shocking charts, which reveals that the bottom 80% of Americans have just 7% of the nation's wealth:
What's more, the top 1% own 40% of the country's wealth:
These stats surprised the majority of the participants. Here's a chart that shows what they thought the distribution of wealth was, what 92% of them chose as the ideal distribution, and what the actual distribution looks like:
Just facts.
Here is one of the more shocking charts, which reveals that the bottom 80% of Americans have just 7% of the nation's wealth:
What's more, the top 1% own 40% of the country's wealth:
These stats surprised the majority of the participants. Here's a chart that shows what they thought the distribution of wealth was, what 92% of them chose as the ideal distribution, and what the actual distribution looks like:
Just facts.
Good Times Good Times
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As to the OP, that's a large check.