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If you could press a button and average out all the individual personal income in the US, so that everybody had the exact same income for whatever job they work, would you do it? || You predict this income would be:

Yes || over 80k
16.7%
Yes || under 80k
14.5%
No || over 80k
17.4%
No || under 80k
51.4%

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6:39 PM · Jun 24, 2019

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mean, mode or median?

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Mean

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@noreallyimfine

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Ran some quick math (after I chose). Using $20.5t as GDP, and 160m as workforce size, avgs to ~130,000/person

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@karlbykarlsmith

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@noreallyimfine

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Ay the very least you need Net National Product. But, also GDP also includes interest, profits and rent. So, its quite a bit less for eaach worker. More like 70-80ish.

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@karlbykarlsmith

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Does thos apply only to current workers? Anf what about the treatment of capital?

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Lol. Awesome

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This is why we can't have nice things

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Wouldn't that be about 15k or less a year?

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The numbers around median and mean income are available on the Bureau Of Labor Statistics website.

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Your Average Nathan

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My fat finger hit the wrong button.. Since GDP per capita includes children, it would be well over 80k..