charts and graphs that should finally make it clear

[jfb]

Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) issued a study on who Bush's dividend tax cut will benefit. If you don't want to read the nine-page PDF file, this chart (seen on Atrios) pretty much sums it up.

Of course, as noted in January, 19% of Americans believe they are among the richest 1%, so this is good news for them.

Comments

[chrismwage.livejournal.com]

They do seem rather silly -- or superfluous, really.

Here are two numbers: 10,000 and 1.43. Here's a graph of them side by side in case you're too STUPID to visualize the difference.

[jfb.livejournal.com]

Visualizations are a useful tool. As a rule, we're better with pictures than with numbers.

And to use that chart for the 2000 election, you'd have to resort to the obvious chicanery of moving zero.

But my point isn't that the chart proves anything. It's that it's funny.

[greyaenigma.livejournal.com]

I'm more horrified than amused. But that's typical of me.