Of each dollar people earned in 2005, the top 10 percent got 48.5¢... the greatest share of income pie since… — David Cay Johnston
Of each dollar people earned in 2005, the top 10 percent got 48.5¢... the greatest share of income pie since 1929, just before the collapsed into the Great Depression.
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