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Also of interest is that the people (Googlers, a writer) that were mentioned as being harassed sounded more like "the 10%" to me than "the 1 %". Deliberate mis

Also of interest is that the people (Googlers, a writer) that were mentioned as being harassed sounded more like "the 10%" to me than "the 1 %". Deliberate misdirection of identity???

Tycho 13y ago
I think 1% is a ridiculous misnomer. You need to get to the 0.01% before you find people who are what you might call 'disgustingly rich.' The 1% are doctors, programmers, accountants...
- thrill 13y ago
  Yeah - those people - the ones that pay 30% of the nation's taxes.
  - Tycho 13y ago
    I wasn't making a value judgement about the megarich, just a statistical one.
    - dllthomas 13y ago
      "Disgustingly" implies a value judgement, which doesn't necessarily mean one was intended but certainly explains the reception as such.
      - Tycho 13y ago
        It does but notice I put it in quotes. Anyway hopefully it is clarified now.
        dllthomas 13y ago
        Hopefully, yes.
  - dredmorbius 13y ago
    Which is pretty much directly a function of 1) income tax based on a percentage of income (with capital gains taxed at a significantly lower rate) and 2) the VAST amounts of income accruing to the 1% (and above).
  - dllthomas 13y ago
    You can't squeeze water from a stone.
- _delirium 13y ago
  Some, though not too many. The household income needed to be in the top-1% of households is $380k, which even two-programmer households typically don't hit, unless they win the options/acquisition lottery.