We’re gonna wander off Polaroids and comic books for a minute, and talk about taxes. I know your mom and your cousin are sending you 1,000 e-mails every minute about OMG SECRET MUSLIM CAPITAL GAINS, and you need to be smarter about it.
Look at this handy chart provided from the Washington Post, tuck the tax issue within the larger framework of the America we can be, and govern yourself accordingly, armed with accurate information.
Update: Chartjunk has a correctly-weighted chart that emphasizes the scale of the proposed tax plans.
Glad you posted this as I can make a copy and send it to the people that keep bugging me.
I think that this chart is OK, but check out this better designed version of the same info, and witness how big the difference in the plans actually is.
http://chartjunk.karmanaut.com/taxplans/
Josh, great suggestion—the scale is quite striking. Thanks!
Interesting. Do you understand what appears to be a discrepancy between your first chart and the chartjunk chart in the 600,000 to 2.8 million range?