Jonah – One of my favorite polling results helps to explain why class warriors meet with litttle success when they take aim at the “top 1%” to force them to pay their “fair share.” A CNN/Time Magazine Fall 2000 poll asked respondents whether they were among the wealthiest 1% of Americans – “Yes,” said 19 percent. God Bless us – we think we’re way more successful than we are. Another 20 percent allowed that they weren’t among the very top earners – but said that they planned to be. Our optimism and ambition explains alot.