Despite the fact that millions have eaten prunes and drunk prune juice in order to lighten themselves of their internalburden for centuries, the European Union has now ruled that prunes are not in fact laxatives.
Stated differently, based on the data provided by the Census Bureau and the Internal Revenue Service, the relative tax burden of the top 5% of American earners compared with the remaining 95% has grown from roughly three-to-one prior to 1980 to almost six-to-one today.