The real data -- how much money are we all making?

[maggiesfarmer]

link.

~65% of US wage earners made < $40k

[randys1]

1. And that is going to go down very rapidly

Not the percentage, but the amount....

The oligarchs are in charge now, so the middle class will entirely disappear

There was a very important reason why the cons and Rove had to rush into Florida in 2000 and make god damn sure they stole that election...they had to pack the court with who they did, Roberts then lied under oath thru his teeth to almost every question asked and now here we are.

[FBaggins]

2. It's a little higher than that

That's the amount that gets reported to the IRS after deductions (health insurance, 401k, taxes...etc)

So it's probably a tad under 50k.

[SamKnause]

3. I wish.

I never made $40,000.00 when I was working.

[maggiesfarmer]

4. So, only 23MM/300MM Americans are wage earners?

Anybody familiar with the criteria? that's only 0.05%.

[FBaggins]

5. That's just those earning less than $5k taxable

There are over 150MM on the table.

[maggiesfarmer]

6. thanks <feels stupid>. read column upside down