claim: "the top 1 percent in recent years has earned 85 percent of all new income."
author: bernie sanders
evidence_1: jul 26, 2016 ... sanders said, "the top 1 percent in recent years has earned 85 percent of all  new income." that figure covers 2009 to 2013, but there's data for even more  recent years. factoring in 2014 and 2015, the top 1 percent's share in post- recession income falls to 52 percent. that's still a big number, but not nearly ...
evidence_2: jul 26, 2016 ... sanders also said the “top 1 percent in recent years has earned 85 percent of all  new income,” but economists whose work sanders has cited put the figure at 52  percent for 1993 to 2015. rep. joe kennedy iii said americans' wages “have not  budged in 40 years,” and sen. elizabeth warren said wages ...
evidence_3: jul 26, 2016 ... “it is not moral, not acceptable and not sustainable that the top one-tenth of 1  percent now own almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent, or that the top  1 percent in recent years has earned 85 percent of all new income.” — sen.  bernie sanders (vt.) this is one of sanders's favorite lines, but through ...
evidence_4: apr 19, 2015 ... sanders used a similar line about the top 1 percent taking home 99 percent of all  new income during a brookings institution speech a couple months ago, saying, " in fact, the latest information that we have shows that in recent years, over 99  percent of all new income generated in the economy has gone to ...
evidence_5: a new report has found that the top 1% of earners captured 85% of income  growth between 2009 and 2013. ... the 1% pocketed 85% of post-recession  income growth. by kerry close. june 16, 2016 ... in 15 states, the top 1%  captured all income growth during the same four-year period. naturally, that  disproportionate ...