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Posted: 1/16/2006 6:03:57 PM EDT
You are in the top 1% of the world's income bracket.
Some preacher told me that last Sunday. |
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And the poor people in america would be rich elsewhere in the world. |
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OMFG...
I'm rich and i didn't even know it! EDIT: Probably because I screwed over all those po' folks on welfare. By getting loans and paying for my own education, and then working hard to get a good job... God I'm a slimy bastard... |
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My 2005 entitlements were $48660.71. I am a E-5 in the Navy. I highly doubt I am in the top 1%.
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Everything's relative. Do you have running water? Electricity? A phone? A car? Do you miss many meals? In the US, our poor are well off by the standards of many countries. |
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Well said. -K |
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You are pretty confortable Think about where people live. House Car Food recreation. hell only 1% of the worlds population even think about taking a vacation. |
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You're poor in America if you don't have cable, a big screen TV and only one car. Or so the libs would have you to believe.
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You are poor on ARFCOM if you don't have an AR.
I'm poor ...Mini-14 poor. |
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I'm poor! |
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Brother, I'm here to tell you there is hope! I too was once a poor ruger waif, but I persevered, and discovered Rock River sucess! You too can discover the glory of black. Don't dispair. |
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Well, the average per capita income in Sierra Leone is somewhere around five hundred US dollars a year...
But I'd say it's closer to the top 10%, given Switzerland, Austria, France, Germany, U.K., etc. |
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I dunno. Depending on what stats you believe, the average income in China is anywhere from 400 bucks to 13,000 bucks. They make up ~20% of the world population. That's going to bring the average down pretty sharply. |
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Hahaha - Preach on Brother Tommy! |
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DAMN KIDS TODAY!!!![shaking'uncontrolabaly] They're all spoiled!!!!!
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I'm so sorry. |
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If you also notice that poor in America are fat and elsewhere theya re skinny. Here mst overweight folks are in the lower income brackets. I also jst noticed that there are no fat kids in the school I for for. Its a private school that costs aound $13k a semester. When I go the the public school system to get my kids. I see fat kids everywhere. |
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Yeah, but what about the states we live in? That much is the bare minimum to make it alive in NY. I would say 60k before taxes is enough or barely.
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if you dont believe this then you havent been anywhere more exotic than the podunk county fair. its not that hard to believe if you consider the global population and that the most populous country in the world lives under a communist entitlement system. most of latin america raises a family for a year on what a middle class american brings home in a month. only in america does the poorest class of people have a cellphone, car's and HUD houses.
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I dont believe it and I've been to some pretty ratty parts of the world |
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have you considered just how big the world is, and how many people are in it?
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I believe it. I actually figured it would be lower than that, considering the population of africa, south america, and china/india
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North and South America make up about 7% of the worlds population (est. 2002)
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In that case I am completely retarded, and should learn to read better |
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A lot of college profs share your problem |
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Kind of a BS statistic, because $47,500 will buy you a hell of a lot more in Bangladesh than in CA.
Just the same, I would rather be homeless is CA, than Middleclass in Africa. |
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You have the proper global attitude. You will not need to be re-educated. The rest of you... |
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We make more in the US, but it also costs a lot more to live here. The cost of living is much higher.
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Goooo me! |
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So the top 1% is $47,501 or more?
That was close, I make $47,500 so I'm in the bottom 99%. w00t! |
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There are banquet food servers at my work that made 70K last year.
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If your source of economic information can explain "purchasing power parity" I will be shocked.
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WOW...I make a third less than that....
BUT The Constitution... Land of the Free, Home of the Brave..... I haven't had to turn in a freedom.....My guns I can choose where I go for Medicine..... The list goes on and on.... I HAVE FREEDOM...... |
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