Tag: concentration of wealth

If you make less than $250k why are you a Republican?

April 19, 2011

Answer: Mosquitoes The answer to this question had eluded me especially in light of the increasing income disparity between the wealthy and the rest of us. I don’t think there is much controversy that ever since the Regan years (see previous post) more income shares have been going to the wealthy. This has created a … More If you make less than $250k why are you a Republican?

Top fractiles income share and the “good old days”

November 21, 2010

I hear some people pining for “the good old days” and how good things used to be.  Many times it seems like those same voices are also quick to fault the “socialist” programs of the Obama administration as the reason we are not enjoying the same prosperity as we did “back in the day”.  If … More Top fractiles income share and the “good old days”