<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Dante-Gabryell Monson</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dante.monson@gmail.com">dante.monson@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
Date: Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 9:53 PM<br>Subject: rich divided over their taxation ? ( US? figures )<br>To: <a href="mailto:econowmix@googlegroups.com">econowmix@googlegroups.com</a><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: 10px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p style="margin: 8px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/" target="_blank">http://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/</a></p><p style="margin: 8px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/2011/09/23/the-rich-are-divided-over-taxing-the-rich/" target="_blank">http://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/2011/09/23/the-rich-are-divided-over-taxing-the-rich/</a></p><p style="margin: 8px 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
�Entrepreneurs who work in a complex knowledge economy are more likely to view wealth creation in collective terms and, as a practical matter, depend more on public structures,� he writes. �It makes sense to them to pay higher taxes to bolster these systems.�</p>
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The old wealthy � those who made their fortunes outside the knowledge economy�are still fiscally conservative. But the new economy tycoons and those on the liberal coasts support a more progressive tax system.�</p></span></div>
<div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/2011/09/16/the-top-5-grabbed-most-of-the-americas-gains/" target="_blank">http://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/2011/09/16/the-top-5-grabbed-most-of-the-americas-gains/</a></div>
<div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">A new�<a href="http://www.epi.org/publication/large-disparity-share-total-wealth-gain/" style="color: rgb(9, 61, 114); text-decoration: none; outline-style: none; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(9, 61, 114);" target="_blank">chart from the Economic Policy Institute</a>, using data from NYU Economist Ed Wolff, shows that more than 80% of the nation�s wealth gains between 1983 and 2009 went to the wealthiest top 5%. �The top 1% gained 40% of the nation�s total �wealth gain, while the next 4% gained 41.5%.</span></div>
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