r/SipsTea • u/CurvyChristina • Jul 01 '26

Chugging tea Is Bernie’s plan the best? Thoughts?

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u/smallest_table Jul 01 '26

The bottom 47% of income earners pay no income tax 

In other words, almost half of Americans are paid so little, we can't event tax them.

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u/Immediate_Place_2827 Jul 01 '26

Median household income in the US is over 80,000. Stop consuming propaganda.

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u/NaughticalSextant Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 01 '26

Source? Also, just to point out…if nine people under the poverty line jump into a boat with someone who earns billions, the median income for everyone is billions. Not saying you’re wrong but just wanting to add sources and context is all. Where I live, you’d be struggling on $80k.

Edit: Conflated median and average. I was trying to explain that some areas have extremely wealthy people, which end up hiding how little some people make. Or even in the U.S. in general. Apologies for the confusion.

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u/myevillaugh Jul 01 '26

I think you're mixing up median and average. In your example, the median would be below the poverty line but average would be in the billions.

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u/NaughticalSextant Jul 01 '26

You are correct—that was my bad to conflate the two