This chart is from National Review Online's The Corner (via Mark Levin). The bottom number on this chart is how much disposable income each earner has after the government gets done with him. This is disturbing.
More data here:
The article concludes:
"Maybe President Obama and Mr. Krugman should direct some of their attention to this problem rather than spending so much of their time complaining that the rich don't get soaked enough."
It looks to me as if the rich are getting pretty well soaked as it is.
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