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Tax the rich!
1 posted on 09/15/2021 9:27:07 PM PDT by RandFan
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Most Americans say earning between $90,000 and $100,000 annually qualifies as rich.

In Silicon Valley that would not be enough to rent a decent one-bedroom apartment, not if you wanted to have enough left over for meals and a car.
2 posted on 09/15/2021 9:31:14 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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Nope, not even close to rich. You need a solid $300K to be in the top 5%. $100k doesn’t even make the top 10%.

“Well off” maybe, but not rich.


3 posted on 09/15/2021 9:32:20 PM PDT by taxcontrol (The choice is clear - either live as a slave on your knees or die as a free citizen on your feet.)
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>> earning between $90,000 and $100,000

The point where one begins to pay for another family’s healthcare in addition to their own.


5 posted on 09/15/2021 9:36:44 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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Lol!!!!


6 posted on 09/15/2021 9:36:48 PM PDT by tophat9000 (Tophat9000)
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Depends on your net worth. A lot of people earn $100k a year and are flat broke.


7 posted on 09/15/2021 9:40:53 PM PDT by 1956tbyrd
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We have no mortgage or car loans and our annual expenses (insurance, utilities etc) are about 55-60k.

Mostly health insurance 22k per year and house tax 7.5k per year.

This is not counting entertainment or hobbies.
So no, 90-120k is far from rich.


9 posted on 09/15/2021 9:46:12 PM PDT by setter
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Thankfully, 34% got it right - Neither rich or poor.

Location, which will drive Taxes, expenses, etc will cause differentials in takehome pay.

Plus, I'd say a man raising his family happily on $60k is rich, and a miserable thrice-divorced ad exec making $120k is poor.

11 posted on 09/15/2021 9:50:03 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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A rich person is someone who makes $25K a year more than you do.


12 posted on 09/15/2021 9:59:13 PM PDT by PTBAA
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Yeah, no.


13 posted on 09/15/2021 10:43:51 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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My arse


14 posted on 09/15/2021 10:44:31 PM PDT by Hoosier-Daddy ("Washington, DC. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious")
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It might help with a better understanding if the term cost of living could be considered rather than just being rich. Here is a good site to consider the equation by state:

https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/cost-of-living-index-by-state

As you can see, the difference is broad. Hard to determine rich by intake as there is no intake with property, just worth. And it is considered an asset. So that right there changes the equation.

wy69


15 posted on 09/15/2021 10:55:47 PM PDT by whitney69
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Stupid assumption. Rich implies large assets, not large revenue. As for revenue, 100k might be considered significant in Podunk Arkansas, but barely subsistence level in San Francisco.


16 posted on 09/15/2021 11:19:07 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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Sounds pretty well off to me. The ones who claim it isn’t must be terrible at managing money


17 posted on 09/16/2021 12:03:10 AM PDT by roving
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AOC is super rich. Tax her a nod then tax her some more.


18 posted on 09/16/2021 12:29:18 AM PDT by Chgogal (Biden's New Taliban, same as the old Taliban..)
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That’s rich? I beg to differ. /s


21 posted on 09/16/2021 2:49:08 AM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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Deep State continuing its divide and conquer strategy...

I don’t give a rat’s a$$ what someone else has.

I just want to keep more of MY money.


22 posted on 09/16/2021 2:55:17 AM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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That’s definitely not rich anywhere. In expensive places, you’d be lower middle class on that salary.


26 posted on 09/16/2021 4:01:29 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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So how much “income” does a welfare queen “take in” every year through food stamps, childcare, Medicare, AFDC etc?

Let’s say for a single mom of three.


27 posted on 09/16/2021 4:07:31 AM PDT by rfreedom4u ("You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas")
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No surprise this would be the finding of such a survey. Here is the true goal of the class warriors: Anyone not receiving a government stipend is “rich”.


28 posted on 09/16/2021 4:07:55 AM PDT by Kudsman (Baby Lives Matter)
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From twitter, so yeah to a leftist college kid facing $45k+ in student loans and low employment prospects that is wealthy.

Thanks again democrats.


29 posted on 09/16/2021 4:12:17 AM PDT by jughandle (Big words anger me, keep talking. )
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