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Re:Inheriting is becoming nearly as important as working by discodonkey on Saturday March 01, 2025 @12:41PM (#43221579)
True. Income inequality increased.

The person I responded to suggested that only the rich saw income growth, and that they were achieving this by taking from the poor, which is wrong.

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Re:Inheriting is becoming nearly as important as working by PaulDavisThe1st on Saturday March 01, 2025 @01:15PM (#43221918)
This was true until quite recently (within the last 5-6 years).

Income growth in real dollars had been stagnant since the late 1970s for most deciles.

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