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Tax the rich (lemy.lol)

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[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 135 points 2 years ago

Circles aren't the best shape to illustrate it because doubling the area of a circle doesn't doesn't really make it look twice as big...

I much prefer this: https://mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/

[-] lesinge@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 years ago

Damn, that's an extremely powerful method of data visualization!

[-] Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

Fuck I got tired and quit half way though the graphic.

[-] jballs@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 years ago

If you didn't get past Bezos, you weren't halfway yet.

[-] kksgandhi@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

I made this little game with the same idea:

https://kksgandhi.itch.io/other-peoples-money

[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee 23 points 2 years ago

Well first off circles are like the worst shape they could have used

[-] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 19 points 2 years ago

OP misspelled "eat" in the title.

[-] AbsurdityAccelerator@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

Top 10% of the US population has a net worth of 4 million? That does not seem right.

[-] Ross_audio@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Net worth includes all asset value. Pensions, investments, and property.

That seems about right to me. A lot will be tied up so liquid assets will be lower.

The 50% upwards middle class being $400,000 will mostly be the value of a house.

Very annoying they just specify "average". I'd expect this data to be based on the median values so it should just say.

[-] AbsurdityAccelerator@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Even with the value of your house and 401k, it's still very hard to believe. I just did a quick Google search and the 90th percentile in 2001 is 1.6 million, which seems more accurate.

[-] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago

The top 10% includes all the people in the top .01% which skews the average higher. You might only need about 1.6 million to be in the top 10% but the average will be higher.

[-] AbsurdityAccelerator@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Ah, that makes sense. Appreciate the explanation.

[-] white_shotgun@aussie.zone 16 points 2 years ago

Surely there's enough hungry pets out there we can feed them to. Whack em in a can of cat or dog food problem solved

[-] snekerpimp@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

Pit smoked with hickory chips, and a nice Carolina style sauce, that’s how we should cook em

[-] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Holy shit middle class is half a million now?

The days of making 6 figures means nothing now lol.

[-] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 years ago

Net worth and income are totally different. 6 figures for income will give you a multi million net worth with a modicum of budgeting.

[-] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Definitely a difference. Thanks.

[-] Trollception@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

That's net worth, not salary.

[-] dimath@ttrpg.network 6 points 2 years ago

So, how do we tax unrealized gains?

this post was submitted on 23 Jan 2024
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