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On the other hands, they are needier, because you just realized they are much less wealthy than you previously thought. So much less wealthy that you cannot con
by Confusion 16y ago
On the other hands, they are needier, because you just realized they are much less wealthy than you previously thought. So much less wealthy that you cannot conceive of living on that amount of wealth. If they are at the 20th percentile, they earn 5 times less than you at the 80th percentile[1].
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household_income_in_the_United_States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household_income_in_the_United_...
- ryanwaggoner 16y agoAh, but this isn't about income, it's about wealth. The two are very different; there are plenty of people in the bottom quintile of wealth earning six figure salaries.
- Confusion 16y agoTrue, but, from the data mentioned, the income distribution doesn't look very different.