• halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    Because the top 1% really isn’t that high and they hold 99% of the wealth. The other 99% of people hold 1% of the wealth. What do you think the annual income to be in the 1% is?

    I’ll put the rest of my response in a spoiler so you can think about it for a second, or comment it if you want, out of curiosity.

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    Most people think the top 1% make millions of dollars annually from the conversations and surveys I’ve seen. The actual threshold for 1% varies by state, but in 2023, the national average was $652,657. While it is much higher than the average income of ~$37,500, it is not as high as most people think.

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      60 minutes ago

      A third of the wealth in 2021, that didn’t increase to 99% since