Wall Street Protests

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Originally Posted by Pete Zicato

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That's 101%.

I'm not quibbling about the general shape of the curve, I have a specific question about the math.

Regarding the green line, the top quintile, does that include the top 1%?

If it does, then that's fine, it probably does. But that means the even the tiny bit of altitude the top quintile enjoys above the mud at the bottom is being provided by the top 1%.

I believe a picture of the top 1%, the next 19%, and then the following four quintiles would look like a solid striped bar at the bottom with the red ribbon of affluence soaring off into the heavens.

I think the graph as shown is just 20-20-20-20-20.

What it shows is that it takes 99 regular people to create one bogglingly rich person. Wait, that math's wrong too. It takes a hell of a lot more than 99.