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muriel_volestrangler

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30. I suspect it's wrong, though

Reply to Proud Public Servant (Reply #12)

Mon Jul 15, 2013, 08:49 PM

Jul 2013

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/wkyeng.pdf

The above says that of 102.6 million full time workers in the US, 75% earn $510 per week or more; 50% earn $773 or more. $34,000 per year is $659 per week; it might be fair to estimate 60% in the USA earn that or more - about 60 million. With western European countries and Canada, Japan, Australia and a few others getting close to American levels, and with a combined population perhaps one and a half times that of the USA, I think it's fair to guess another 60 million in them; plus maybe another 10 million in slightly less rich countries. That would be 130 million - well over 1% of the world population (and more still if you are looking at the percentage of workers, rather than the entire population).

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Charles Koch: $34,000 puts you in the top 1% [View all] Fla Dem Jul 2013 OP

That's what you call a boldface lie. nt onehandle Jul 2013 #1

fucker. I hope he shovels shit in hell someday. Standing in it up to his neck. roguevalley Jul 2013 #23

Better yet...prison! Fearless Jul 2013 #62

agreed, fearless roguevalley Jul 2013 #69

EXACTLY MY THOUGHTS drynberg Jul 2013 #34

Except that it's, you know, factually accurate Recursion Jul 2013 #68

Not very good at math is he. Cleita Jul 2013 #2

they're working on that. barbtries Jul 2013 #15

The problem is the way our food and other commodities are marketed. JDPriestly Jul 2013 #41

Hmmmm - so Charles Koch wishes American Workers had lives closer to poverty in Africa el_bryanto Jul 2013 #3

hes he does. then he wouldn't have to pay minimum wage tk2kewl Jul 2013 #8

Using, "scrip", he could have his own Treasury Department and circumvent the US Government's DhhD Jul 2013 #66

Indeed he does! City Lights Jul 2013 #17

When you live in North Korea maybe that is what the extreme Right Wing really wants. gordianot Jul 2013 #4

Lets see him live on less than minimum wage. BainsBane Jul 2013 #5

Let's see him not live at all demwing Jul 2013 #7

Which wouldn't solve anything in the long term nxylas Jul 2013 #70

and then Tiny Tim said demwing Jul 2013 #71

A visit from three ghosts would work too nxylas Jul 2013 #72

Ayn Rand's philosophy was dead to begin with demwing Jul 2013 #74

$34,000 would probably be that fuckers "pocket change" Autumn Jul 2013 #6

It's what Chuckles Koch makes every 23 minutes. HughBeaumont Jul 2013 #20

So those that earn $34,000 Politicalboi Jul 2013 #9

If I'm 1 in 100, he must be 1 in a billion (at least; without doing the math) Duer 157099 Jul 2013 #10

That's actually quite accurate, considering there are about 7 billion people on MillennialDem Jul 2013 #54

The article is hilarious... It's not the Koch's greed that gets in the way SomethingFishy Jul 2013 #11

Yes, he's an evil troll Proud Public Servant Jul 2013 #12

I suspect it's wrong, though muriel_volestrangler Jul 2013 #30

People living on $2/day or less don't by Koch Bros. products. JDPriestly Jul 2013 #42

Typical Republican Total Bullshit..Real Cute. Notice the "in the world"...which means.. BlueJazz Jul 2013 #13

More manipulative crap from Koch.. truth2power Jul 2013 #36

$34,000 vs. $25,000,000,000. When do we break out the guillotines again? Initech Jul 2013 #14

Hopefully soon. n/t PowerToThePeople Jul 2013 #24

Fuck him! I hope he chokes on money! Rex Jul 2013 #16

LOL, what's that saying? Trailrider1951 Jul 2013 #27

Good question! Initech Jul 2013 #33

According to WHAT fucked up wage scale????? Arkana Jul 2013 #18

$34,000 is what Charles Koch makes . . . every 23 MINUTES. HughBeaumont Jul 2013 #19

Talk about shameless Hydra Jul 2013 #21

They want it all. nt awoke_in_2003 Jul 2013 #40

Born in a bubble, never escaped. moondust Jul 2013 #22

He really is clueless duffyduff Jul 2013 #25

Clueless? Maybe a little bit. Orsino Jul 2013 #55

the concern of course is quaker bill Jul 2013 #26

What an out-of-touch asshole. miked62916 Jul 2013 #28

Dear Mr. Koch, I challenge you to live on that amount of money (pre taxes) salin Jul 2013 #29

Y'all gonna get on poor ol' Chuck's case for a measly little typo? DFW Jul 2013 #31

Technically, they're correct, but it's meaningless. Yavin4 Jul 2013 #32

Good point.. Also, most people who make $34K/yr in country don't qualify for welfare either penultimate Jul 2013 #35

Conservatives love to compare American middle/working/poor to only Chad and Djibouti's poor . . . . HughBeaumont Jul 2013 #50

You have that right ladym55 Jul 2013 #53

Then someone making a billion a year should be taxed higher. HooptieWagon Jul 2013 #52

Nor would I want the typical American (or person for that matter) to live the life MillennialDem Jul 2013 #56

Charles Koch is a lowlife scumbag. No amount of wealth will make him respectable. gtar100 Jul 2013 #37

we have people at du saying the same thing. HiPointDem Jul 2013 #38

Tells you who gives them their talking points, doesn't it? n/t Hydra Jul 2013 #44

They need to be OFF DU. HughBeaumont Jul 2013 #49

contrarywise, some of them have been here for years, leading lights as it were. HiPointDem Jul 2013 #59

May be a little off subject-but Koch is running ads in our area KrazyinKS Jul 2013 #39

The terrible thing is not the people who can say this shit with a straight face. TheMadMonk Jul 2013 #43

. . . and the more swallowers there are . . . . HughBeaumont Jul 2013 #48

he needs medical care greymattermom Jul 2013 #45

Then when I joke that LiberalElite Jul 2013 #46

Woohoo Corgigal Jul 2013 #47

Unfortunately - I lived off our Welfare for many years ConcernedCanuk Jul 2013 #51

Yep, I'd love to see him live off $34,000 a year. We can even give him a job earning MillennialDem Jul 2013 #57

Those who say he is clueless, I don't think that's the case. I think he knows exactly what he is MillennialDem Jul 2013 #58

Fucking guillotine. nt Codeine Jul 2013 #60

$45,000 = 50 weeks working 40 hours at $22.50 hr. Double minimum wage still insuuficient 4 a family Coyotl Jul 2013 #61

How can I guy who's that effing stupid Jeff In Milwaukee Jul 2013 #63

Then he wouldn't mind living on $34,000 a year, I guess. Zoeisright Jul 2013 #64

So, according to Charles Koch NewJeffCT Jul 2013 #65

Err, that's true, yes? Recursion Jul 2013 #67

more like top 2%, of the entire world population muriel_volestrangler Jul 2013 #79

If prices were the same in America as elsewhere, $34,000 a year would let you live like a prince. Donald Ian Rankin Jul 2013 #73

So what is Charles Koch income and B Calm Jul 2013 #75

When you just make shit up, it can be dreamy liberal N proud Jul 2013 #76

When the time comes... TheLion Jul 2013 #77

charles koch mstinamotorcity2 Jul 2013 #78