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top 1% is a fucking joke. A cop and a firefighter in SF are top 0.5%. A teacher in Palo Alto and a software engineer are too. They are for the most part, nor
by pyrrhotech 13y ago
top 1% is a fucking joke. A cop and a firefighter in SF are top 0.5%. A teacher in Palo Alto and a software engineer are too.
They are for the most part, normal people that aren't even financially independent. The sick wealth is all concentrated at the very, very top.
- pedrosorio 13y ago"The top 1 percent of American households had pretax income above $394,000 last year. The top 10 percent had income exceeding $114,000."
- knodi123 13y agoThat's a misconception. I earn six figures, and I'm in the 71st percentile, because I'm the sole breadwinner in my family.
- nilkn 13y ago> A cop and a firefighter in SF are top 0.5%. A teacher in Palo Alto and a software engineer are too. No, not even close. If the top 1% makes nearly $400k/year, then the top 0.5% is probably at least double that.
- United857 13y agoI read somewhere (forgot exactly where) that top 1% threshold in the SF Bay Area is around the $900K mark, not the $370K national figure.
- pyrrhotech 13y agowho refers to local top 1%? That completely changes the picture. Most people in the so-called top 1% live in high cost areas. Changing the context invalidates any discussion.
- pyrrhotech 13y agoThere are cops and firefighters who alone make more than 400k+. An average one in SF of each makes 185k a year. Thus combined they are over the 1% threshold.
- rosser 13y ago[citation needed]
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