Income Distribution Animation

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Great — is there a higher quality version somewhere?

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Melty: Thanks! Unfortunately there isn’t a higher-res version yet. I realized too late that YouTube accepts such a thing. I’ll re-render it at a higher res at some point… But I’m already thinking sequel. :)

Dean: I hear ya on the apples to oranges. It was a bit of campaigning, frankly, meant to take a jab at McCain. Still, I think it was pretty clear that was my purpose. I was saying: why would McCain steer his benefits to the super rich? Well for one thing, look at the size of his wife’s fortune! And it says “fortune” – not yearly income – right there in the label.

Thanks for the comments. I think future efforts will always have some bias, but post-election, with there being less need for emphasis on boosting or downplaying one side or another, I’d like to steer it towards wonkier examinations of the policies.

I just really, really needed Obama to win.

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kemaka,

Nothing in my video was meant to be in the name of economics (and remember that I have nothing to do with this blog, which is obviously all about economics. Katherine was nice enough to post a link to my video, however, and again I thank her for that). I did use accurate economic data, but with the intention of getting Barack Obama elected. So criticizing my work based on the assumption I did anything in the name of economics is just off-base to begin with.

Re: the apples and oranges, again I’ll just say that I think the presentation was pretty clear, and obviously meant to speculate as to what personal motivations McCain might have for favoring the super-rich. That’s politics, not economics, or at least it’s the interplay between the two.

As for my welfare check: I’ve never taken a welfare check in my life. You don’t know me, but I’ve got a near-obsessive work ethic, and I would feel ashamed to take an undeserved handout. However, I’m happy to see more money made available for people who really need welfare, especially those at the very bottom of the ladder, who are struggling just to hold onto that last rung.

And if you’re angry about not getting the election results you wanted, well, I can relate. I am, after all, a Democrat. We’ve had year of experience with disappointment.

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VoteJA, make no mistake it was transparent what your intent was. I would never suggest that your blog was anything more than political. Government should not be the opportunity; it should just create the environment for opportunity and not vilify those that take advantage of that opportunity. You could also take some other statistics and choose to vilify those as well. You could pervert the statistic that Asians are at the top of the median household income. Why not attack Asians that supported McCain? Why not blog on another interesting statistic that was not discussed this past election? Obama would suggest that the poverty numbers grew because more got poorer, when in fact the bar that was used to define poverty was actually was raised. Interesting perspective when looked at through thelibertarian lens. Here is a political jabfor you. Where was the change the democrats promised in 2006? They have controled the committees that oversee the organizations that got us into this mess now. Let me see, oops I forgot this is the change…

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Nice Work. I found the census data for households up to “$250,000 and above”. Where can I get the data that breaks down the households above $250,000?
Thanks

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