I personally know, and am friends with, someone who has more than $700K/year in income (pre-tax of course). He can afford better toys, and to landscape and construct his house as he likes, e.g. custom made wrought iron stair case handrails. I can't say that his life is proportionately better than mine. I know someone who buys $50,000 rugs without too much thought. She's a bit nutty, but also not rich. She's in the 1%.
Mike, if the point you're making that even 1% is way above what most ordinary people can ever hope to make and is a lot of money, then yes, I agree. But I am not using ordinary people as a standard.
Mike, if the point you're making that even 1% is way above what most ordinary people can ever hope to make and is a lot of money, then yes, I agree. But I am not using ordinary people as a standard.