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Re:Americans Now Need at Least $500k a Year to Enter Top 1% by NeoBasilisk on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @07:32PM (#21277253)
You don't need an "absurd" amount of income to be in the top 1%.
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Re:Americans Now Need at Least $500k a Year to Enter Top 1% by FreedomToCreate on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @07:44PM (#21277376)
Isn't this subjective. For someone who has a pathway to earning 500K (they and there spouse both work at FAANG) its not that absurd, but for 99% of people it is because almost everyone has no path to earning that much.
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