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		richmarr on Nov 9, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: One-Percenters Close to Surpassing Wealth of U.S. ... > The threshhold for being in the top 1% of income is that 99% or more of people make less than you. Clearly I mean the threshold for being upper class a term mentioned in your actual comment... unlike "top 1%" which was not.

CPLX on Nov 9, 2019 [–]

Not all members of the upper class are in the top 1%.

But all members of the top 1% are in the upper class.

richmarr on Nov 10, 2019 | [–]

So we're agreed that "top 1%" and "upper class" are not interchangable terms.

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