Income in the United States was up 288 billion in 2010 compared to last year...

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<p>What share Of the 288 billion should 99 percent of the people receive?</p>

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<p>$20 billion (7 percent)</p>

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<p>You’re cheating NJres…;)</p>

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<p>“What…percent [should] the people receive?”</p>

<p>Whatever they earn (legally, ethically and morally). :rolleyes:</p>

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<p>Lol…</p>

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<p>Perhaps we should slice it up equally, everyone gets an equal share… NOT. ;)</p>

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<p>93% of the income gains did go to the top 1% of the population in 2010.</p>

<p>There is a very big difference between getting 93% of the income gains and the 1% that represents the top income’s proportion of the population.</p>

<p>Maybe…we can go back to the bad old days…when the top 1 percent only got 50 to 60 percent of the income gains. :)</p>

<p>There is a tax proposal out there that wants to cut medicaid…Which is a benefit goes to what? the bottom 10 to 20 percent of the population? And that same proposal wants to give more tax cuts to those at the top. I would laugh…but it isn’t funny.</p>

<p>I guess 93% of the income gains aren’t enough. ;)</p>

<p>The seeds of our own destruction…</p>

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<p>What does that mean, exactly? Where did the increase come from? Overseas? If so, then those who were savvy enough to figure out how to get it ought to recieve it, (less the amount the government will claim and re-distribute to others).</p>

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<p>this is not a recipe for healthy democracy</p>

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<p>I don’t think so either…</p>

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<p>An increase of $288billion for Americans is certainly better than no increase or a lesser increase. Life is not perfect.</p>

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<p>It’s an increase of 80 bucks per person for 99% of the population.</p>

<p>It’s 20 billion for 99 percent of Americans.</p>

<p>It’s 288 billion for 1 percent of Americans.</p>

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<p>Bernake inflated stocks through quantitative easing. Of course the investor class saw their income increase if they sold out before QE2 ended.</p>

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<p>Yes…Bernanke did do that…that was a choice that was made and the top 1 percent benefitted.</p>

<p>Different choices could have been made…like principal write-downs…and there would have been different people benefitting. </p>

<p>There are choices made all the time. I like what Geornge Carlin said…the population can make choices that aren’t important…like what color car to buy…which cell phone to purchase…but the real decisions that have to be made…the public doesn’t have a choice.</p>

<p>I don’t think a majority of the publc is in favor of distributing income </p>

<p>gains of 93% to 1% of the population and 7 percent to 99 of the population.</p>

<p>I am 100 percent sure on this. :)</p>

<p>Kids are taught in kindergarten to share a little more equitably than this.</p>

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<p>dstark,</p>

<p>Would it make you feel better to look at it like the authors of the study cited in the article?..</p>

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<p>An 11.6% increase is a lot in this economy, but it is not a 93% increase.</p>