P_P@lemm.ee to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 hours agoHarris Plan Would Bring Tax Increases for Richest 1% and Cuts for the Bottom 99% | Common Dreamswww.commondreams.orgexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1191arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
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minus-squareLetstakealook@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 hours agoI agree, the top 5% would be individuals with incomes of 290k a year and higher.
minus-squareMareOfNights@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·3 hours agoWtf 5 out of 100 people make 200k?? I need to immigrate asap.
minus-squareKecessa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 hours agoCancelled by all the money spent on private services that are public elsewhere. The grass isn’t greener when you look at the big picture.
minus-squareLetstakealook@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 hours agoSure… half the country also makes less than 75k a year. I guess it depends on what industry you’re in.
minus-squareKecessa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 hours agoMedian income is 38k in the US, not 75k
minus-squareLetstakealook@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agohttps://smartasset.com/data-studies/top-1-percent-income-2024 First sentence.
minus-squareKecessa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 hours agoThat’s the household median income https://datacommons.org/place/country/USA?utm_medium=explore&mprop=income&popt=Person&cpv=age,Years15Onwards&hl=en#
minus-squareMareOfNights@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 hours agoEngineering. But I just realized the cost of living is similarly insane XD
I agree, the top 5% would be individuals with incomes of 290k a year and higher.
Wtf 5 out of 100 people make 200k??
I need to immigrate asap.
Cancelled by all the money spent on private services that are public elsewhere. The grass isn’t greener when you look at the big picture.
Sure… half the country also makes less than 75k a year. I guess it depends on what industry you’re in.
Median income is 38k in the US, not 75k
https://smartasset.com/data-studies/top-1-percent-income-2024
First sentence.
That’s the household median income
https://datacommons.org/place/country/USA?utm_medium=explore&mprop=income&popt=Person&cpv=age,Years15Onwards&hl=en#
Oh wow, that is incredibly low.
Engineering. But I just realized the cost of living is similarly insane XD