Prison spending in California went from about 4% of the state budget in the mid-1980s to about 10% in 2011; it exceeds university funding.
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As of 2007, the total earnings of the top 1% in America equalled 74% of all taxes paid, up from 24% in 1976.
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The share of income tax paid by the top 1% of earners in America rose from 28% in 1988 to 40% in 2006; in Britain it rose from 21% in 1999 to 28% in 2011.
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The top 10% of earners contribute about 28% of total tax revenues in France, 31% in Germany and 42% in Italy.
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America’s defence department had 3.2 million people on its payroll in 2010, equivalent to 1% of the country’s population.
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