>Very low wages at the bottom, not even enough to sustain a living, nothing in the middle,
This is false. 15 percent in the US are at or below the poverty line. The remaining 85 percent certainly aren't at the top.
This is false. 15 percent in the US are at or below the poverty line. The remaining 85 percent certainly aren't at the top.
I certainly don't.
"nothing in the middle" is a blatant lie and hackernews discussions are much better when they are backed by facts and logical arguments rather than political clap trap.
71% making less than $50k/y.
51% of households.
There's quite a few households and quite a lot of people between $35k and $100k. The claim that there is no middle class is blatantly, provably false. The very, very top has a lot. I don't think anybody is disputing that (I'm certainly not). But there are a lot of people who make a solid, middle class income.
https://cdn.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/...
This shows it more clearly.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Distribu...
> In 2015, in the United States, the poverty threshold for a single person under 65 was at an annual income of US$11,770; the threshold for a family group of four, including two children, was US$24,250.
Do you consider this getting by?