08-04-2015, 11:09 PM
(08-04-2015, 05:40 PM)gstanford Wrote: 53.5 was typo, should have been 52.5. Everything else is accurate though. The gap between the two at the far right of the graph is 8.5%, not 4%
Yes it is now 8.5% difference-because one went up 4%, one went down 4%.
The change to neither was 8.5%.
Let's say you and I invent something and it sells for $200, which we each get half of, $100 each.
If I sue you and my portion goes from $100>>>$104, and yours goes from $100>>>>$96, I've gained 4%, you've lost 4%. Our positions are only changed by 4%, not 8%.
With the $15 minimum wage, I showed with valid information how that could easily mean a 52% cut in pay for sandwich shop owners, you didn't care at all. "Fuck them, I don't make $100K, they shouldn't either" was your attitude, but "OMFG! The middle class has lost 4% over 12 years!" is the end of the world.
This is why:
A. You don't know math
B. You are an evil hypocrite. If some slobs that make $10K a year wanted to take half your income through a new law you would scream bloody murder.
It's A-OK if it is someone who made better financial choices than you gets screwed and robbed from, as long as it's not you.