Re:Basic Economy Fares Don't Lower Ticket Prices, They Incre...
by croon on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @08:45AM
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household_income_in_the_United...
71% making less than $50k/y.
51% of households.
Re:Basic Economy Fares Don't Lower Ticket Prices, They Incre...
by wott on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @10:47AM
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A median says close to nothing about repartition. That's not a fact that you can use in a logical argument against your opponent's claim about repartition.
Re:Basic Economy Fares Don't Lower Ticket Prices, They Incre...
by pc86 on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @11:06AM
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household_income_in_the_United...
There's quite a few households and quite a lot of people between $35k and $100k. The claim that there is no middle class is blatantly, provably false. The very, very top has a lot. I don't think anybody is disputing that (I'm certainly not). But there are a lot of people who make a solid, middle class income.
Re:Basic Economy Fares Don't Lower Ticket Prices, They Incre...
by myowncrapulence on Thursday January 05, 2017 @04:25PM
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The share of total national income for the middle class has been in decline for 50 years. The piece of the pie that the middle class represents is shrinking.
https://cdn.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/...
"nothing in the middle" is a blatant lie and hackernews discussions are much better when they are backed by facts and logical arguments rather than political clap trap.