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'Global Oligarchy' Reigns as Top 1% Controls More Wealth Than Bottom 95% of Humanity
(www.commondreams.org)
this post was submitted on 23 Sep 2024
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Oh thank God I'm still not the 1%. Average wage in the US is 45k and I'm not even making that
Average wage in the US is a lot more than 45k. Sorry to hear about your financial situation, we don't even try to make the economy work for most people.
"The national average salary in the U.S. in Q4 of 2023 was $59,384"