Who is the One Percent?
I keep hearing about these Occupy people. Those protesting the upper “one percent” that they should pay their “Fair share.” Why is it so important? Is your life going to be any better off if some CEO pays twice as many taxes as he currently pays (by the way, this CEO is at work, while we’re out free loading on the street. The average CEO of a major corporation works around 80 hours a week)? Are we going to see an increase in your lifestyle because they pay more in taxes? How does that make us any less greedy then we accuse them of being? History has shown that you won’t, but that’s not the point.The point I want to talk about today is, who exactly is the one percent? Quite simply, if you live in America, you are the one percent.I am the one percent.The median income in the US for a family of four is just under $50,000. That dollar amount puts the average American family in the .99% of the richest people, IN THE WORLD!!! That’s rig...