- As Americans Demand Tax Reforms, Analysis Finds Top 1% Hold More Wealth Than Whole Middle Class. By Comparison, in 1990 the Top 1% Held Just 17% of the Nation's Wealth—Less Than Half of the Middle Class' 36%. https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/10/08/americans-demand-tax-reforms-analysis-finds-top-1-hold-more-wealth-whole-middle 303 comments politics