Just amazing.
Like you, I see that data you posted describing the breakdown of taxpayers, and that data tells the dire situation our society is in, with the same richness, certainty and clarity that this graph below illustrates a point:
For people who pay attention to such things, the graph shown above is an icon and masterpiece, in much the same way people see Michaelango's David or Pieta.
The reason I bring it up is that this graph is an icon to people who work with data. That graph achieves the amazing goal of being able to express the exact meaning of data in nearly a single glance.
When you view this graph, you capture immediately how much Napoleon blundered, and how terribly his men suffered. You can nearly feel the biting cold, the disease, the misery, the death.
It is my opinion, that this data shown below:
According to IRS publications, the top 1% of wage earners pay 39% of all collected income tax. The top 50% of wage earners pay 96.4% of all taxes.
is every bit as powerful, clear, and concise as the graph above describing Napoleon's retreat from Waterloo.
It tells the story plainly. You can almost see the bread lines, gray skin and glum misery if nothing is done to change this situation.