roundtable: Re: wealth distribution

roundtable: Re: wealth distribution

Re: wealth distribution

Richard K. Moore (rkmoore@iol.ie)
Sat, 18 Feb 1995 14:13:54 +0000 

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Date: Sat, 18 Feb 1995 14:13:54 +0000
To: roundtable@cni.org
From: rkmoore@iol.ie (Richard K. Moore)
Subject: Re: wealth distribution


Jack Hirschfeld wrote:
 >This is slightly different than Vigdor's previous claim, which I
 >disputed.  In fact, the number of people holding this wealth exceeds
 >9 million people, and although this does not make it equitable, it
 >is definitely a change from the late 50s, when fewer than 4 million
 >people owned even more...

Wealth distibution among individuals is part of the picture.  Equally
interesting are these questions:
    o  How much tax does each group pay?
    o  How do CORPORATIONS show up in this picture?

I'd like to see the following table filled in, for both USA and WORLD:


             Top 10% of     The Rest     Top 10%    The Rest
             Individuals     of Us       of Corps.  of the Corps.
            |------------|------------|-----------|--------------|
   $ Wealth |                                                    |
     Owned  |                                                    |
 |--------- |------------|------------|-----------|--------------|
   $ Taxes  |                                                    |
     Paid   |                                                    |
 |--------- |------------|------------|-----------|--------------|



Can anyone oblige?


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