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According to some quick Googling "wealthiest 1 percent of Americans control 35.6 percent of the total wealth of the country" "the top 1 percent of income earn

According to some quick Googling "wealthiest 1 percent of Americans control 35.6 percent of the total wealth of the country" "the top 1 percent of income earners took home 17.67 percent of the total income" http://money.howstuffworks.com/one-percent-control-third-of-wealth.htm http://money.howstuffworks.com/one-percent-control-third-of-...

msandford 12y ago
Okay, but what is the overlap between those two groups? Are the top 1% of income earners exactly the same people as the wealthiest top 1%?
- seanflyon 12y ago
  I think it's safe to assume there's a high degree of overlap, but I don't see the relevance of that question.