I've read few articles about this topic, please allow me share some here. The after-tax income of the country's wealthiest one percent tripled between the years 1979 and 2007. A new report from the Congressional Budget Office offered the findings. The earnings rose at a slower rate for other Americans. The brand new report gives more energy to the national deficit reduction controversy also as to the Occupy Wall Street movement. Resource for this article: After tax income for wealthiest one percent has tripled since 1979. Well this is how I see it in my own opinion.That 1% of us own 40% of our country's great wealth, leaving the 99% to live on the 60% that remains, overlooks the even worse disparity : only 20% of us hold fully 80% of our country's wealth, leaving 8 out of 10 American living amidst the 1 out of 5 dollars that remain to them, just saying.