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Re:Researchers estimate the richest 1% dodge taxes on over a... by andrepd on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @10:45AM (#26712397)
Did you read what I said? The top 1% of income is ~750,000$ individual, hardly mid-level engineers... As for top 1% net worth, it's ~11 mil$, again hardly "upper-middle class".
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Re:Researchers estimate the richest 1% dodge taxes on over a... by trutannus on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @11:11AM (#26712779)
In the USA, sure, where I'm from it's $300,000 gross household. The United States isn't the representative of the entire world. That's why I specified in some countries.
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Re:Researchers estimate the richest 1% dodge taxes on over a... by maxerickson on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @10:53AM (#26712519)
You are mixing global and US comparisons.
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