Misc A quick poll about the future of American Civilization.

Zebedee DuBois · 04-24-2014, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

If true of all women, this is bad news. I at least have a fighting shot at being labeled rich.

You're probably rich - most of us are richer than we think. Our perception is a bit warped by the media.

I found this little Rich-o-meter on a Wall Street Journal blog: http://graphicsweb.wsj.com/documents/RICHMETER1107/
you can plug in either a salary or a net worth, and it will rank against the US data. ( I think the data is a few years old)

when I first saw this, I thought it couldn't be accurate- I mean - look at all the doctors everywhere and they should all be richer than I am. I googled it and doctors only make up 0.3% of the population. The 14 Walmart heirs have as much money as the bottom 40 million americans. That really warps the numbers.

View Poll Results: What is the trajectory of American Civilization?
We're ascending and I think we're a long way from our peak.	31	16.76%
We're ascending, but we will peak within the next two or three generations?	4	2.16%
We're in a stable state and likely won't decline.	10	5.41%
We're in a stable state but are headed toward decline.	34	18.38%
We peaked in the last two or three generations, and we're descending.	95	51.35%
We've pretty much been descending since Plymouth Rock. Our ruin is imminent.	9	4.86%
I don't really following the grand sweep of history.	2	1.08%
Voters: 185. You may not vote on this poll