re: #395 dragonfire1981

This prompts me to quote something I posted in a page a while ago.

In Sweden 20% of the people own 32% of the wealth, and pay 27% of the total tax revenue. 80% own 68% and pay 73% of taxes.

In the USA 20% of the people own 84% of the wealth, and pay 64% of the total tax revenue. 80% own 16% and pay 36% of taxes.

The only part of this that we hear quoted in the USA, by Republicans, is that 20% pay 64% of taxes in the US, or that for the poor socialist Swedes it is the 80% who have all the burden. It is easy to spin this kind of stuff if one leaves out half the data. (I presume the reader of this is taking a moment to look at all the numbers).

And another recent number I saw here, being that there are 3.5 million job openings in the US, but not enough qualified applicants.