[lbo-talk] raise in productivity but shrinking of income...

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http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/29/business/29tax.html? 
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July 29, 2004

I.R.S. Says Americans' Income Shrank for 2 Consecutive Years
By DAVID CAY JOHNSTON

The overall income Americans reported to the government shrank for two  
consecutive years after the Internet stock market bubble burst in 2000,  
the first time that has effectively happened since the modern tax  
system was introduced during World War II, newly disclosed information  
from the Internal Revenue Service shows.