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		jfoutz on Nov 14, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Who rules America So, 42% of the wealth supplies 38% of the tax base? That's pretty close, of course, but when you're talking about trillions of dollars 4% is quite a big shortfall.

callmeed on Nov 14, 2010 [–]

And it's 4% the other direction if you use the net worth number. He defines wealth as (net worth - home value) so I don't know that it's a good metric

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