Re:Upper-income people still don't realize they're upper-income
by ck2 on Wednesday April 20, 2011 @01:03PM
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"upper-income" is way too broad of a term
If people really want to compare, then they should rank their wealth as a percentile.
ie. instead say, your income is in the 20% percentile (meaning you have more annual income than 80% of other people in the nation)
It's probably a nice problem to have but I cannot imagine working at a job that paid me $250k a year, I'd keep asking myself how the hell I am worth that much - I'd put 10% of it as cash in a safe and open it once in awhile and freak-out just looking at it.
If people really want to compare, then they should rank their wealth as a percentile.
ie. instead say, your income is in the 20% percentile (meaning you have more annual income than 80% of other people in the nation)
It's probably a nice problem to have but I cannot imagine working at a job that paid me $250k a year, I'd keep asking myself how the hell I am worth that much - I'd put 10% of it as cash in a safe and open it once in awhile and freak-out just looking at it.