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by AnthonyMouse 2506 days ago
That's because the bottom 50% of the country own almost nothing. They rent and have debts. The net worth of the entire bottom quintile is negative -- if you have a dollar in your pocket you don't owe to someone then you have more wealth than the bottom 20% of the country.
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Yeah and what's your point? That's a huge fucking problem.