buickanddeere
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Happy Thanks Giving to one and All . We are blessed beyond what anyone could imagine just 100 years ago . And we live better than probably 80% of the world's population today.
Same to you, and a very merry Christmas as well!
Happy Thanks Giving to one and All . We are blessed beyond what anyone could imagine just 100 years ago . And we live better than probably 80% of the world's population today.
In America, the top 1% earn more than $380,000 per year. We are, however, among the richest nations on Earth. How much do you need to earn to be among the top 1% of the world?
$34,000.
That was the finding World Bank economist Branko Milanovic presented in his 2010 book The Haves and the Have-Nots. Going down the distribution ladder may be just as surprising. To be in the top half of the globe, you need to earn just $1,225 a year. For the top 20%, it's $5,000 per year. Enter the top 10% with $12,000 a year. To be included in the top 0.1% requires an annual income of $70,000.
.... "the poorest [5%] of Americans are better off than more than two-thirds of the world population." Furthermore, "only about 3 percent of the Indian population have incomes higher than the bottom (the very poorest) U.S. percentile."
Attention, Protestors: You're Probably Part of the 1%