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Re:Capitalism Has Gone Off the Rails by seanflyon on Monday November 03, 2014 @07:53PM (#8554599)
According to some quick Googling

"wealthiest 1 percent of Americans control 35.6 percent of the total wealth of the country"

"the top 1 percent of income earners took home 17.67 percent of the total income"

http://money.howstuffworks.com/one-percent-control-third-of-...

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Re:Capitalism Has Gone Off the Rails by msandford on Monday November 03, 2014 @08:32PM (#8554721)
Okay, but what is the overlap between those two groups? Are the top 1% of income earners exactly the same people as the wealthiest top 1%?
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Re:Capitalism Has Gone Off the Rails by seanflyon on Tuesday November 04, 2014 @02:11PM (#8558423)
I think it's safe to assume there's a high degree of overlap, but I don't see the relevance of that question.
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