claim: "one percent of the american people make over 21 percent of all the income in america. that wasn’t the way before george bush became president."
author: joe biden
evidence_1: the phrase bush tax cuts refers to changes to the united states tax code passed  originally during the presidency of george w. bush and extended during the  presidency of barack obama, through: economic growth and tax relief  reconciliation act of 2001 (egtrra); jobs and growth tax relief reconciliation  act of ...
evidence_2: people who have looked at this document in the past often asked whether  progressive taxation reduces some of the income inequality that exists before  taxes are ... in terms of types of financial wealth, in 2013 the top one percent of  households had 49.8% of all privately held stock, 54.7% of financial securities,  and 62.8% of ...
evidence_3: sep 13, 2010 ... fifty percent of people surveyed had reservations about or were very  uncomfortable with a candidate who supported president obama's economic  policies, 12 points better than the comparable bush number. job loss hyperbole . axelrod also slightly exaggerated u.s. job losses during the last months of ...
evidence_4: by 1976, this figure had dropped to 53 percent. in a cbs news and new york  times survey, over half of the respondents said that public officials didn't care  about people like them. a typical response came from a plumber: "the president  of the united states isn't going to solve our problems. the problems are too big.".
evidence_5: 1 day ago ... but the tax overhaul his republican party passed through the senate early  saturday morning would make america's income inequality worse. ... to partially  compensate for them,” william gale, co-director of the tax policy center who  served as a senior economist under president george h.w. bush, said.