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American workers are highest paid in the world. The same evil “wealthy” investor class is not responsible for Americans getting the highest wages but is only responsible for job cuts?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_average...

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And here's a list of countries ranked by median income based on data from the World Bank. The US is "only" 5th by this measure.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/median-in...

And of the 4 above the US, 2 are smaller oil producing nations, one is Switzerland, and the other is Luxemburg.

1. 5th is still high. So, is the evil investor class responsible for even median wages being high? Are we really arguing that median income in the US is low?

2. The other deleted sibling comment had a valid point. The other higher ones are small nations.

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