Comment Comment by Swizec > I, the middle class engineer get fucked by the taxesFwiw we feel like middle class but we’re really in the top 5% or higher. We’re the rich people these taxes and politicians talk about.The ultra rich/wealthy are a red herring, there’s only a few 10k of them of them. Only 614 people are billionaires.7 figure income (salary) puts you in top 0.35% ... that’s 1,120,000 Americans. Not a whole lot.edit: top 10% starts at $125,000 salary parent Swizec 5 years ago
Fwiw we feel like middle class but we’re really in the top 5% or higher. We’re the rich people these taxes and politicians talk about.
The ultra rich/wealthy are a red herring, there’s only a few 10k of them of them. Only 614 people are billionaires.
7 figure income (salary) puts you in top 0.35% ... that’s 1,120,000 Americans. Not a whole lot.
edit: top 10% starts at $125,000 salary