Monday, January 16, 2012

Family Income Misconception

When some politicians speak about the top 1% of wage earners in this country and their domestic income, they are wrong in making comparisons and interpretations of official family income statistics of the past.

Their argument overlooks that families have changed. Twenty, thirty years ago, there may have been just one worker in a family, where today, husbands and wives more likely work. Perhaps kids are also part-timers.

Families may have two and perhaps more small income providers. They could add a sum of income that may classify them as so-called “rich,” ready to be heavily taxed. ( See the Earl J Weinreb NewsHole® comments.)

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