Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie

Matthew Yglesias makes a very useful point for liberals and Democrats who want to argue against the Bush tax-cut plan: state the opposition in a way that people are more likely to understand. Few people really have any idea of just who falls into the "Top One Percent", so what Democrats need to do is stop saying "Top One Percent", and instead actually cite the salary figure that people need to be above if they want to be in Bush's privileged percentile. That number? $374,000 per year.

Looking at that number, I suddenly find it spectacularly unlikely that I will ever be in the Top One Percent, and what's more, I certainly don't know anyone who's even close, either.