return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agoThe rich now own a record share of stocks, about 93% of U.S. households' stock market wealth is held by the top 10%www.axios.comexternal-linkmessage-square108fedilinkarrow-up1629arrow-down116cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanshackernews@derp.foonews@lemmy.world
arrow-up1613arrow-down1external-linkThe rich now own a record share of stocks, about 93% of U.S. households' stock market wealth is held by the top 10%www.axios.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square108fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanshackernews@derp.foonews@lemmy.world
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoAccording to Wikipedia it’s an annual income of 154k as of 2019.
minus-squareBombOmOm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down6·edit-21 year ago154k is middle class. And everyone in this thread is trying to figure out how to fuck them the hardest.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year agoThen you don’t understand the statistical definition of middle class. According to PEW the bounds in 2021 were 43,000 and 130,000. If that sounds like it’s not enough to be financially secure in the modern day… All I have to say is people have been trying to tell everyone. That said, yeah of course we’re not trying to eat the merely rich. However the stock market is hardly some big equalizer if it effectively only serves the top ten percent.
According to Wikipedia it’s an annual income of 154k as of 2019.
154k is middle class. And everyone in this thread is trying to figure out how to fuck them the hardest.
Then you don’t understand the statistical definition of middle class. According to PEW the bounds in 2021 were 43,000 and 130,000.
If that sounds like it’s not enough to be financially secure in the modern day… All I have to say is people have been trying to tell everyone.
That said, yeah of course we’re not trying to eat the merely rich. However the stock market is hardly some big equalizer if it effectively only serves the top ten percent.