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The “average” American doesn’t pay federal income taxes. Only 47% do.
by valuearb 6y ago
The “average” American doesn’t pay federal income taxes. Only 47% do.
- mikestew 6y agoThe average American also has 2.3 kids. Are you going to counter-argue that no one has three tenths of a child?
- Bud 6y agoI'm not sure you are parsing what "average" means.
- valuearb 6y agoIt was just a (innacurate) turn of phrase. A better way of saying it only 47% of Americans paying federal taxes contribute to Stars and Stripes.
- liability 6y agoMedian seems as valid an 'average' as mean.
- srtjstjsj 6y ago"average" usually means "mode" or "median" when used as "average person". The meaning can be inferred from context or clarified. "Mean" is almost never correct for distributions that aren't near uniform, and never correct for distributions that aren't even near normal and not near symmetric.