Apropos the earlier post on reducing inequality, we have this chart, based on CBO data:
![852997D1-21B2-44F8-8D11-DB8F03CE0487.jpg](http://pragmatos.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/852997d1-21b2-44f8-8d11-db8f03ce0487.jpg)
We had a rising tide, all right, but it didn’t trickle down to all boats. Or whatever…
via Matthew Yglesias
While we’re at it, here’s a chart from Lane Kenworthy that’s part of that same reducing-inequality package. Something happened, it seems, around 1980, and again around 2000.
![31584972-FFA2-4BEF-B68F-1A343B368847.jpg](http://pragmatos.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/31584972-ffa2-4bef-b68f-1a343b368847.jpg)