re: Statistical shenanigans.
In a voting democracy, I think the 95 to 1 percent comparison drives the point home pretty significantly. Taking it up to 99 percent doesn't make the same point.
The top 1 percent of taxpayers pays 40 percent of income taxes, while the bottom 50 percent pays 3 percent. If you add in all those who vote but don't pay income taxes (or in a lot of cases, payroll taxes either) the demographics are definitely heavily in favor of those who are on the receiving end of the wealth transfer pipeline.