Sigh... These articles need to stop. People don't seem to realize that there's a larger difference between the 1% and the 0.5% than the 1% and the 99% in America.

Also, nobody seems to understand the difference between wealth and earnings. 1% wealth isn't the same as 1% earnings and is a hell of a lot better. I forget the stat but a surprising number of people in the US like 25% hit 1% earnings at some point in their life due to some event.