Per the Fed, in 2007 the top 1% of Americans brought home a share of 21.4% of all the Income (not Net Worth, only Income). The Dollar amount was 2097.3 Billion Dollars. The current budget crisis requires about 4 Trillion Dollars in Savings or Revenues over 10 years. Over ten years, that top 1% is worth about 21 Trillion Dollars. THIS is what the Republicans in Congress are throwing us all under the bus for.
http://www.federalreserve.gov/...