Taxes

This really motivates me to earn enough money to make it into the top 5th of earners in the US

The top fifth of households made 56% of pre-tax income in 2006 but paid 86% of all individual income tax revenue collected, according to the most recent data available from the Congressional Budget Office.

It gets even better for the top 1% of earners

The top 1% of households, which made 19% of pre-tax income, paid 39% of all individual income taxes.

Thanks for the post Jeanne Sahadi - http://money.cnn.com/2009/04/15/pf/taxes/who_pays_most_least/index.htm