Paying a Fair Share - interactive chart comparing income changes to changes in income taxes paid

[Bill USA]

WaPo has a very interesting graphic at link below which shows why increasing income taxes on the top tier of taxpayers is appropriate since their incomes have gone up proportionally more than their income taxes (as a proportion of their income):

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/tax-reality-check/wealth.html


[font size="+1"]While the share of the federal tax burden for the richest 1% of Americans increased . . .






. . . their income grew even faster . . .







. . . and they paid a smaller share of their income to taxes.[/font]

[Igel]

1. Odd, no data for 2009 or 2010.

Then again, it is from a year ago.

Not much of an explanation as to why, either. Sort of a Rorschach test.