Chart: You're mad for a reason

 From the Congressional Budget Office report on income inequality:CBO finds that, between 1979 and 2007, income grew by:275 percent for the top 1 percent of

Chart: You're mad for a reason
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From the Congressional Budget Office report on income inequality:

CBO finds that, between 1979 and 2007, income grew by:275 percent for the top 1 percent of households,65 percent for the next 19 percent,Just under 40 percent for the next 60 percent, and18 percent for the bottom 20 percent.

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