Forum Post: New numbers: Income for top one percent skyrocketed over last 30 years

Posted 12 years ago on Oct. 26, 2011, 12:16 p.m. EST by MeAndWeThePeople (59) from Chicago, IL
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The top 1 percent saw its income skyrocket by 275 percent.

Between 1979 and 2007, the share of after-tax income going to each of the bottom four income quintiles has dropped.