>What I found amazing is this phrase:
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>the top fifth of U.S. households (with incomes above $84,000)
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>The top fifth of U.S. households is anyone with an income over 84,000/yr? Since when? I guess that means 168,000/yr for two income households?
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Not checked the numbers, but having the top two quintiles snuggle up to 50% by less than 3% is somewhere between creative and stupid...