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Math is the answer.
"In 1983, the richest 1 percent of Americans got 11.6 percent of total income. Today the top 1 percent takes in more than 20 percent."
Robert Reich: Budget Baloney: Why Social Security Isn't a Problem for 26 Years, and the Best Way to Fix It Permanently
You can't get blood from a turnip.
If the government would loosin it's grip on the private sector, those numbers wouldn't be so lop-sided. Ultimately, the only thing that's changed since 1983, is that we have more government.