Saez calculates that in 2007 the top .01 percent of American earners took home 6 percent of total U.S. wages, a figure that has nearly doubled since 2000.
But that's not enough for some of them. They have to evade taxes:
U.S. Builds Crime Cases on Clients of UBS
By LYNNLEY BROWNING
Published: August 13, 2009
NY Times
Federal prosecutors are building criminal cases against 150 wealthy American clients of the Swiss banking giant UBS as part of a continuing investigation into tax evasion, a person briefed on the matter said Thursday.
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