Unpopular opinion: it’s good to think of the shareholders. 62% of Americans are shareholders, mostly so that they can retire comfortably.
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Anonymous#14w
Issue with this is that while most own SOME stock,
The top 1% of Americans hold 50% of household stock.
The bottom 50% own 1% of household stock.
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AnonymousOP4w
These income groups aren’t stable cohorts. 73% of Americans will eventually be in the top 20% of income earners. A large part of this distribution is explained by age.
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Anonymous#14w
And what % will go from bottom 50% to top 1%
(Yes about 10% of Americans will spend some point of their lives in the 1%, but those are mostly well off people anyways$
(Only 8% born into bottom quintile reach top quintile at all )