The gap is narrower in states where wages are rising for the bottom 99 percent.

A study from the American Affluence Research Center finds that families with a net worth of $800,000 or more think the economy's doing great.

The recent federal tax increase on the top 1 percent of earners means some of the wealthiest Americans will pay taxes at the highest level since 1979. But the wealthy are also wealthier too — and their money goes further.

The latest income tax increase on the wealthy could result in their paying a greater share of income in federal taxes since 1979. Their income has increased even more.

Just off the coast of Miami is one of the richest places in the country. Marketplace takes a tour of the ultra-exclusive enclave.

It depends on the definition of wealthy. But however wealth is measured, increasing their taxes won't solve the whole budget problem.