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The Rich get... Poorer?

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ArthurWilborn

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After a review of 2009 tax returns, the IRS discovered $32.3 billion in fictional income. After this was removed, the statistics show that the average income fell for the top bracket in 2009:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-11-02/-invalid-multiple-tax-forms-by-supposed-billionaires-skew-wage-figures.html
 
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Apparently, not just the rich either:

"A comparison of the Oct. 15 data and the corrected figures show the change affected wage statistics more broadly. The Oct. 15 index indicated that the average wage nationwide fell $384 to $39,269 in 2009. The corrected index shows averages wages fell $598 to $39,055. "

It's interesting just how much that scewup affected the whole average.
 
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