Income Disparity and the Presidential Race - 3D Animation

Trying to get my head around the big campaign issues of wealth and taxes, I put the data I could find into 3D computer graphics form.

Sources:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/29/business/29tax.html?_r=2&adxnnl=1&o...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/06/09/ST2008060900950...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Income-curve.jpg

I got the idea to do this from this site: http://www.crunchweb.net/87billion/

And if you like this kind of thing, check out Visualizing Economics ("Making the Invisible Hand Visible):

http://www.visualizingeconomics.com/

Music: Habib Koite & Bamada, "Little Child" (From the Windows Vista sample music... I really need to expand my music collection.)

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• obama
• mccain
• presidential
• race
• taxes
• money
• income
• disparity
• 3d
• graphics
• redistribution
• wealth
• plan

[ViraIVideos]

I loved the video, i definitely can't wait for another one.

Btw i'm subscribed to the visualizing econ blog, is this your youtube channel? Or is that another guy.

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Oh and btw for that other guy who said taxing the rich was bad for the economy:

Hey buddy... cars don't buy cars, homes don't buy homes, and the economy doesn't buy itself.

The better the spending power from below, the better the top does. It's simple logic.

Or did that commenter think that cars magically sold to faeries?

[votejackass]

Glad you liked the video!

I'm not associated with the "visualizing economics" blog, though I got a lot of inspiration from it when making this animation. Also, she was nice enough to post a link to this video.

[sadalite]

what you fail to mention is, these people in the top 1% already pay a higher percentage of tax, and they are the guys that MAKE jobs also. If we are going to tax the guys that use money to create jobs, the free market economy will fail, and we will become socialist like France. I suppose we will see that happen now that Obama has won. You'll be sorry. All the great everyday aspects of life will disappear because no one will strive to innovate since Obama will take their hard earned money anyway.

[votejackass]

Yep, I ran out of time for taxes. The links have lots of graphs covering that kind of thing.

What we're talking about is progressive taxation. Teddy Roosevelt, John McCain's hero, was a fan. Search for:

"The really big fortune, the swollen fortune, by the mere fact of its size, acquires qualities which differentiate it in kind as well as in degree from what is possessed by men of relatively small means."

Obama's proposed taxes on the very rich are to be the same as Reagan's. We'll see!

[funkiwan]

We need more videos like these! This really gives a great sense of scale. Looking forward to seeing more from you in the future.

[votejackass]

Thank you, my friend :)

[catgumart]

What needs to be emphasized is not just the ridiculous fortunes of the super rich but the quality of life for the bottom 33 percent....these peoples quality of life must not be allowed to drop below a certain level..we need to acknowledge the adversity that comes from being economically disadvantaged or living a life of nothing but hard work without having time or options to keep other important aspects of life balanced..

[catgumart]

what

[catgumart]

how much would everyone get if one took all the money that every one made in one year then divided it up equally and redistributed it?

[HopeForPeaceNow]

GREAT VID! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!

[ViraIVideos]

How do you feel about the last commenter's opinion.

Is it as strong as i feel about it?

[ViraIVideos]

Oh and btw for that other guy who said taxing the rich was bad for the economy:

Hey buddy... cars don't buy cars, homes don't buy homes, and the economy doesn't buy itself.

The better the spending power from below, the better the top does. It's simple logic.

Or did that commenter think that cars magically sold to faeries?