From the IRS website for Tax Year 2001:
Top 1 percent Adjusted Gross Income - $292,913
Top 10 percent AGI - $92,754
Bottom 10 percent AGI break - $5,121
Median AGI - $28,117
When Kerry talks about restoring the 2000 tax rates on those earning $200,000 or more, he's talking about the top 2% of the population.
Most Americans with professional jobs substantially overestimate the wealth of their fellow Americans.
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