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...From 1921 to 1925, the share of the tax burden paid by those earning less than $10,000 fell from 22 to 4 per cent. In contrast, the share of the taxes paid by the over $100,000 class rose from 28 to 49 per cent. By 1928, this wealthier class carried 61 per cent of the tax burden, paying $714 million, more than the total income-tax receipts...
...most common welfare program in Georgia. The blind, the disabled and those over 65 also qualify. For each $1 that Grady spends on a Medicaid patient, the Federal Government contributes $2, under a sliding scale that permits Washington to help states with low per-capita income more than wealthier ones. Unfortunately, that ratio works in reverse when funds are reduced. Says Michael Yelton, director of public relations at Grady: "For every dollar we do not receive, we would have to cut $2 to $2.50 out of the budget...
Joseph J. Minarik, a Brookings Institution economist, argues that inflation has generally worked to the advantage of the poor. A number of welfare pro grams are indexed to the CPI, thus giving the poor a slightly better income than they had before. Wealthier people have lost ground, claims Minarik. Reason...
After we have dropped the master off at a suit cleaners. I turn to Michael and ask him whether he hires the feng shui master to approve every office he opens up. Michael is one of the wealthier men in Taiwan, and his various companies have offices all over the island...
...census may make many of these neighborhoods, appear wealthier than they are because lower-income families are generally harder to count, Hixson said. "There is a good possibility that one or two neighborhoods may lose their block grants," he added...