friend of mine made a couple graphs from data statistics at the Congressional Budget Office. This was already graphed in open Salon recently, but with fewer variables from the original statistics, and the graph itself was a tiny jpeg, so we decided to redo it
this new graph is probably more accurate. Actually two graphs, pre-tax, and post-tax income distribution from 1979 to present
in the following two graphs, by definition, the top quintile is those sets of households whose incomes exceed the incomes of at least 80% of households
pre tax
post tax
click through on Flickr to enlarge, or here are the originals
this 3rd graph shows the top .01% earners in red,
after tax
pre tax
