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Reasons for Income Inequality: Tax Law Changes 

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Reasons for Income Inequality: Tax Law Changes 

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Marginal tax rates on high incomes have been reduced more than rates on lower income. The 15% tax rate that applies to corporate dividend payment and capital gains for example is the same as the second lowest rates that apply to the poorest american.

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Did you know that when wealth holders are ranked from high to low the top fifth holds about 75% of all the wealth in the country. The bottom two fifths or 40% of the people in the country has less than 2% of the total wealth.

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stockbroker- person who buys or sells securities for investors.
common to all stocks is that their value goes up and down daily. hey can loose or gain a few cents or much more. This is dew to a change in supply or demand for a share of stock.

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Income Inequality Growing Across the U.S.

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Income Inequality Growing Across the U.S.

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How Bad Income Inequality Is In Every State

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the market value of a mutual fund share found by dividing the net value of the fund bythe number of shares issued.

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company that sells stock in itself and uses the proceeds to buy stocks and bonds issued by other companies

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To contribute to the plan, employees of a company authorize regular payroll deductions. The money from all employees is then pooled and invested in mutual funds other investments approved by the company.

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Economists are interested in finding out how income is distributed among the households. Incomes of all households are ranked from highest to lowest, and the ranking is then divided into fifths for examination. The total amount of the nation's income earned by each fifth is calculated.

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Lorenz Curve: Shows how the actual distribution of income varies from an equal distribution.

If all households received exactly the same income the Lorenz Curve would appear as a diagonal line running from one corner of the graph to the other. The Lorenz Curve can also be shown for groups rather than households. Including Lorenz Curves for individuals, families, or occupations.

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tax-deferred investment and savings plan that acts as a personal pension fund for employees.

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If they have incomes below the threshold, they are considered to be in poverty even if they have supplements. The thresholds were developed by using two studies. First, they developed four alternative but nutritionally adequate food plans for individuals and families of different sizes. Second, they found that families normally spend one-third of their total income on food.

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designed or directed to reduce or abolish poverty.

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Reasons for Income Inequality: Education 

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Reasons for Income Inequality: Education 

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People income goes up as they get more education. However in the last 30 years the gap between well educated and poorly educated workers has widened. That had caused wages for highly skilled workers to soar. On the other hand for less skilled workers it remained the same.

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Poverty Threshold: Benchmark used to evaluate the income that people receive.
Poverty Guidelines: Administrative guides used to determine eligibility for certain federal programs