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"I never understood the wealth redistribution argument from (USA) Americans. If you make $32,400 a year you are in the top 1% globally."

The math doesn't pencil out. Global population is approximately 7.4 billion.[1] One percent of 7.4 billion is 74 million. In cannot be the case that every member of the global one percent is American. But there are more than 70 million Americans that made money income of more than $47,000 in 2015.[2]

[1] https://www.census.gov/popclock/?intcmp=w_200x402

[2] https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/income-p...

parent bradleyjg 9 years ago

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