Juxtaposition can be a really cool thing. Check out both apps.

The www.barackobama.com/tax-calculator claims to calculate what your taxes would under a Mitt Romney tax plan versus what your taxes will be under Obama in a 2nd term.

On October 19,2011 the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) published this article written by Phil Izzo for the WSJ blog . It includes what is fast becoming a favorite app for seeing where you stand in the 99% (or perhaps the 1%, if you’re lucky).

You can read the article, or click on the link below to go straight to the app:

http://graphicsweb.wsj.com/documents/PERCENTMETER1110/

Also check out a version of the calculator created earlier by Robert Frank (July 28, 2011) for The Wealth Report that also looks at total wealth. Frank has now upgraded his calculator with  “Frank’s Rich-O-Meter 3.0”.

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NOTE: This post includes portions originally posted as, “What Percent Are You? (Link to INTERACTIVE Calculators)”, published April 2, 2012.