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Re:U.S. Income Inequality Hits a New Threshold by icebraining on Friday March 02, 2018 @03:19AM (#16499938)
And yet, despite massive immigration (from low income countries) for centuries, the US is one of the countries with highest salaries.
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Re:U.S. Income Inequality Hits a New Threshold by Consultant32452 on Friday March 02, 2018 @01:51PM (#16504527)
Sure, once the people here today have had a century of assimilation I suspect they will not impact the income distribution curve.

If you were happy with the income equality from a century ago, I'm willing to adopt the welfare and tax systems of that time so all the incentives are the same.

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