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upper class increased from 29% to 49% from 1970 to today lower class decreased from 10% to 9% from 1970 to today that looks pretty good to me
by sharetea 11y ago
upper class increased from 29% to 49% from 1970 to today
lower class decreased from 10% to 9% from 1970 to today
that looks pretty good to me
- kushti 11y agoHave you read the article, by any chance?
- kristopolous 11y agoAre you claiming that 49% of people are upper class, as in earn over $145,000 in states where that's the cutoff such as Maryland and Alaska? Half the country earning at least $70/hr and employed full time. Really? Only 9% earn under $40k in those states? Can you cite something? I claim that it's more like 7% upper, 49% middle, 44% lower and not a world of $170,000 gas station attendants and $150,000 dishwashers.
- coldtea 11y agoLooks pretty out of touch with any reality to me... 49% upper class? Where did you get those bogus numbers? The actual numbers given (and even those skewed) are about 15%.
- colordrops 11y agoThose percentages are total income, not population. You've got it completely wrong.
- johnm1019 11y agothis. here's the graph which clearly labels it as aggregate income. http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/files/2015/12/ST_2015-12-09_middle-class-01.png http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/files/2015/12/ST_2015-12-09_m...
- JDDunn9 11y agoYou misread the chart. It means the upper class' share of total income increased from 29% to 49%, while the middle class went from making 62% of all income, to 43%.