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PeaceWave

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Sun Jan 5, 2025, 05:57 PM Jan 2025

How much wealth must a person have in order to be "wealthy?" [View all]

There have been a number of recent threads here which, taken together, suggest vast differences in how folks in our own party view wealth. All of us can agree that a billionaire is wealthy. That's a given. But, is a person who owns two houses, both of which have mortgages, a wealthy person? What if that person only owns one house, but that house is paid off in full? What about a person who has $500K in a 401(k) or 403(b) account? Does it matter what state or city the person lives in? It seems to me that these are questions we need to have answered prior to the next time our party takes control of either or both the White House and Congress. Especially so since the Trump administration is likely to exacerbate an already enormous national debt, thereby leaving Democrats having to figure out once and for all how to make Federal financial ends meet. One proposal is to implement a wealth tax - Something the country has never before done. But, if we're going to go in that direction, first we need to ask ourselves - "Who's wealthy and who isn't?"

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There probably isn't an answer to this question, or indirectly, there is an answer to this question, that SWBTATTReg Jan 2025 #1
$3.6 billion Unladen Swallow Jan 2025 #5
The national debt will never get paid down madville Jan 2025 #2
This isn't an answer to your entire question, but everything goes by "Net Worth" which is obviously.... A HERETIC I AM Jan 2025 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Jan 2025 #15
Sure. A HERETIC I AM Jan 2025 #18
The answers to this good question vary widely Mike 03 Jan 2025 #4
Being somewhat NORTH of those numbers I assure you were' NOT "wealthy" WarGamer Jan 2025 #8
Agreed ProfessorGAC Jan 2025 #13
Same Here DET Jan 2025 #17
From a purely monetary perspective anciano Jan 2025 #6
Thought about it extensively... WarGamer Jan 2025 #7
Someone with $100 M is definitely wealthy, IMO Happy Hoosier Jan 2025 #16
Around 10 million Johonny Jan 2025 #19
I am wealthy, ForgedCrank Jan 2025 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author anciano Jan 2025 #10
This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Jan 2025 #12
When someone can do pretty much whatever they want and still not touch the principle? haele Jan 2025 #11
I Don't Hate That ProfessorGAC Jan 2025 #14
To quote The Boss: Retrograde Jan 2025 #20
This message was self-deleted by its author LudwigPastorius Jan 2025 #21
I'll give you an example of what "wealthy" is jmowreader Jan 2025 #22
In my experience, "wealthy" often means having more money than the one using the term. DFW Jan 2025 #23
Living off the interest Greg_In_SF Jan 2025 #24
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