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Abin Sur (647 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 07:15 PM Original message |
I'm in the 1%....as are about a quarter of those on this board. |
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rdking647 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. Im in the top 1/2 of 1% |
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Firebrand Gary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
2. Awesome link! |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
3. K&R but stayed at 0 |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. I am not are rich as you, but since this is based on world population, |
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geckosfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
5. I don't know. That only accounts for gross income. |
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Abin Sur (647 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 07:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Granted, but taking benefits and net wealth into account would make it *much* more complicated. |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
6. Amazing, absolutely amazing. Really gives one a perspective, doesn't it, on world wealth. n/t |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
7. $600 dollars gets you a quarter of the way up the scale |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
9. $47,466 seems to be the threshold for the top 1%. . . |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
10. You just published your income... |
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Abin Sur (647 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 07:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. I'm a public employee, it's not a secret. |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
11. And that is what the world sees when they see us. The haves and have mores |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 10:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. +1 |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 10:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. Ah, the old "the poor have refrigerators" meme. It didn't work when |
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rbixby (716 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
12. whoa! tie for same rank! |
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Abin Sur (647 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 07:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. As the one challenged, I choose the weapons. |
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rbixby (716 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 10:15 AM Response to Reply #15 |
27. Damn, you win! |
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Fuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
14. Wow, 250k makes you the 107,565 richest in the world |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 08:45 AM Response to Reply #14 |
26. I Find That Hard To Believe |
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Glassunion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 10:28 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. It is all based on the following assumptions |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 11:16 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. I Get It |
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localroger (663 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
16. This is a bit disingenuous |
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diane in sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
17. There's an almost infinite distance between the upper 1% and the upper .01% |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
18. I am a 12%er. |
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Rabblevox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
19. Interseting. My unemployment check puts me in the top 12%, but I doubt if... |
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chemp (569 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
20. This year 103,478,261 top 1.72% |
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Gin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 10:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Interesting link.....I am in the top 10%.... |
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trackfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
22. You are the 625,685,742 richest person in the world! You're in the TOP 10.42% nt |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
25. top 10 or top 90 |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
29. Top 1% refers to wealth, not income in a given year. And it refers to the country you are in, not |
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Hutzpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
30. woopeee, let's all just pack up and head on home |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
31. I wish we could get our definitions right |
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