Wednesday, November 07, 2007

Political Calculus

Slice it any way you want...


Pct. of tax returns for 2005

No adjusted gross income.................

1.3106

43.1

89.3

99.8

97.3

$1 under $5,000................................

8.5407

$5,000 under $10,000.......................

9.0154

$10,000 under $15,000.....................

8.6593

$15,000 under $20,000.....................

8.2804

$20,000 under $25,000.....................

7.2814

$25,000 under $30,000.....................

6.5029

46.2

$30,000 under $40,000.....................

10.3744

$40,000 under $50,000.....................

7.9023

$50,000 under $75,000.....................

13.6568

$75,000 under $100,000...................

7.7769

$100,000 under $200,000.................

8.0451

10.5

10.5

$200,000 under $500,000.................

2.0375

2.6

$500,000 under $1,000,000..............

0.3903

$1,000,000 under $1,500,000...........

0.0952

0.2

0.2

0.2

$1,500,000 under $2,000,000...........

0.0004

$2,000,000 under $5,000,000...........

0.0626

$5,000,000 under $10,000,000.........

0.0019

$10,000,000 or more.........................

0.0011


...it spells envy at the low end and political perversity at the high end.

(Extracted and derived from this IRS table. More here and here.)