You are viewing a single comment's thread.

view the rest of the comments →

LostVarangian ago

I'm a History major, and this just blew my fucking mind.

Rainy-Day-Dream ago

our education system is quite kosher these days

234134124123 ago

Thought I would just respond to this one...

This is the source cited for the 1% statistic: http://www.pewforum.org/2009/01/30/income-distribution-within-us-religious-groups/

Following that, you can also look at this: http://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/income-distribution/

This is fairly simple data to understand. It says that 44% of Jewish income earners make $100,000+.

That's a high number, for sure.

But 100k doesn't cut it for inclusion in the top 1%.

Here is what the top 1% of each state's respective income earners make. You'll notice that literally every state's top 1% income earners make more than 100k.

Here is a Wikipedia article, showing the lowest salary for each percentage of the population. You'll notice that making 100k puts you in the top 15% of income earners.

Equating a bare 6 figure income with being in the top 1% is ridiculous.

Rainy-Day-Dream ago

top 1% in general not by state and income brackets are calculated by joint family income

234134124123 ago

Top 1% of income earning families make $465,626 per year.

Making $100k doesn't get you there.

Again, I'm not attacking the rest of this, but you're cramming a bunch of people into the top 1% that shouldn't be there.