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Re:U.S. Income Inequality Hits a New Threshold by gameswithgo on Thursday March 01, 2018 @02:49PM (#16495514)
yes, but he just made that idea up, and it doesn't make a lot of sense, also probably never happens.
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Re:U.S. Income Inequality Hits a New Threshold by jdoliner on Thursday March 01, 2018 @03:08PM (#16495703)
He certainly didn't just make that idea up. You can find plenty of research on it by googling "turnover in the 1%".

For example:

http://money.cnn.com/2016/01/07/news/economy/top-1/index.htm...

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Re:U.S. Income Inequality Hits a New Threshold by marnett on Thursday March 01, 2018 @03:20PM (#16495848)
The 'feudal lords' are not the 1%. They would be the .1% or the .01%. I imagine the latter two remain a much more static environment.

Also, the 1% in this article is not even defined. After some digging it looks like it is Gross Adjusted Income. There are CEOs who wouldn't be considered in the 1% because they take salaries of $1 while making millions in stock options - it is such a ridiculous metric.

Inequality is about wealth as much as, if not more than, wage.

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Re:U.S. Income Inequality Hits a New Threshold by nugget on Thursday March 01, 2018 @03:42PM (#16496081)
Stock compensation is rolled into AGI. But I agree with you that 1%ers are not feudal lords.
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Re:U.S. Income Inequality Hits a New Threshold by ribosometronome on Thursday March 01, 2018 @02:57PM (#16495601)
It's almost like the haves want to try avoiding being the have-nots.
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