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Cannonpointer » 30 Jul 2014 2:16 am » wrote:
Show us on the chart where the lie touched you, clown.

http://www.middleclasspoliticaleconomis ... es-in.html

Here is a wonderful object lesson in capitalism. You see where America ranks on MEDIAN income - the income level which 50% of the people cannot achieve. But where do we stand on AVERAGE wealth - an indicator of just how big the PIE is, as opposed to how big a given SLICE IS.

Oh, lookie. We're number one.




rankCountryDisposable income
in 2012 USD[
1]Compulsory
deduction[
2]Gross income
in 2012 USD[
3]

1

United States
38,753
29.6%
55,047


2

Ireland
38,210
25.9%
51,565


3

Luxembourg
33,373
36.6%
52,639


4

Australia
33,319
32.9%
49,655


5

Switzerland
32,066
39.8%
53,265


6

Canada
31,501
30.8%
45,521


7

United Kingdom
29,938
32.3%
44,222


8

South Korea
29,038
21.0%
36,757


9

Norway
28,543
38.5%
46,412


10

Denmark
27,424
39.1%
45,031


11

Japan
23,486
31.2%
34,137


12

Austria
22,813
48.9%
44,644


13

Finland
22,548
42.5%
39,214


14

Sweden
22,512
43.0%
39,494


15

Netherlands
22,064
52.7%
46,646


16

Germany
21,187
49.7%
42,121


17

Belgium
20,894
56.0%
47,487


18

Israel
20,795
27.6%
28,722


19

Spain
20,232
41.4%
34,525


20

France
19,721
50.2%
39,600


21

Slovenia
18,575
42.3%
32,193


22

Italy
16,789
50.4%
33,849


23

Greece
15,142
41.9%
26,062


24

Portugal
14,621
36.7%
23,098


25

Poland
12,582
40.4%
21,110


26

Czech Republic
11,637
43.2%
20,487


27

Slovakia
11,479
43.2%
20,210


28

Estonia
10,642
41.6%
18,222


29

Hungary
10,288
49.4%
20,332