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		opheliate on Aug 9, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Wealth Shown to Scale Context: According to [0], $400,000 is in the top 1% of individual income across the US. It's in the top 3% of household income within California [1] and top 2% in SF/Oakland/Fremont [2]. 0: https://dqydj.com/income-percentile-calculator/ 1: https://dqydj.com/income-percentile-by-state-calculator/ 2: https://dqydj.com/2018-income-percentile-by-city-calculator/

kortilla on Aug 12, 2021 [–]

Right, this puts them in the category of lawyers, doctors, small business owners, etc.

It’s no longer a tax on the rich, it’s just a tax on successful upper middle class.

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