Steven Rattner shows what has happened to the tax rate of the richest class versus the middle class over the last 50 years, the difference between President Obama and Romney’s tax plans, and the budgetary impact of the Buffett rule using the following charts.
“[a] surprisingly modest account…Rattner has a journalistic talent for the telling detail, resulting in a memorable tale of life in the middle of the economic meltdown...Rattner deftly draws portraits of the inhabitants of "the Oval" and the West Wing...Rattner has proved himself a gifted chronicler.”
-Time Magazine
