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    Editorial: Not feeling the recovery? Here's why

    Take the time to read this editorial, it's not long.

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    [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]| Posted: Sunday, April 1, 2012 12:15 am

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    If you've read about the [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] but you're just not feeling it, this could explain why:

    In 2010, the first full year of the recovery, 93 percent of all the $288 billion in new income created nationwide went to the top 1 percent of taxpayers. Figures for 2011 won't be available until next year.

    Ninety. Three. Percent. To the 1 percent of taxpayers who make $352,000 and up. Way up in some cases.

    Thirty-seven percent — $106.5 billion — of the $288 billion in additional income created in 2010 accrued to the richest 0.01 percent of taxpayers, the top one-hundredth of 1 percent of American households, the 15,600 individuals or households with average incomes of $23.8 million.
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