I would say that chart two shows that taxes have not hurt the wealthy at all as they still have the same portion of wealth as they did before FDR.
Table 3: Share of wealth held by the Bottom 99% and Top 1% in the United States, 1922-2004.
Bottom 99 percent Top 1 percent
1922 63.3% 36.7%
2004 65.7% 34.3%
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