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Mind-Blowing Charts From the Senate's Income Inequality Hearing | Mother Jones
The 1 percent hasn't controlled such a large share of the economy since the eve of the Great Depression:
But as the rich have earned a larger share, they've paid a smaller and smaller share in taxes
The 1 percent hasn't controlled such a large share of the economy since the eve of the Great Depression:
![top_1percent_share_of_income.png](https://motherjones.com/files/images/top_1percent_share_of_income.png)
But as the rich have earned a larger share, they've paid a smaller and smaller share in taxes
![income_inequality_redo.png](https://motherjones.com/files/images/income_inequality_redo.png)