But even the last group numbers only 2,500 or so, Hacker says. The other 60,000-odd millionaires are anonymous, mostly owners of small businesses and heirs to fortunes. Hacker's sleuthing has unearthed plenty of other tantalizing tidbits about the lifestyles of the rich, if not always famous. But cast-off spouses don't exactly get the royal treatment. Nor are the rich more generous when it comes to giving to those other than family.
Millionaires also are happy to accept subsidies from other taxpayers.
Sixty percent take mortgage deductions. A few even take child-care credits and deduct moving expenses from taxes. Physicians have held the best-paying jobs for most of this century, Hacker notes. College professors are even more unequal. And even full professors are split.