Damn Brehs..... So Since I Moved To Canada I Am Part Of The 1%???

[Prince.Skeletor]

That hefty number was the cutoff to make it into the top one per cent of Canadian income earners. That $191,100 is just the minimum to squeak into the one per cent club. Most of the people in that category earned much more. The average income among the top one per cent was twice that — $381,300.

Minimum income to be in the top ...
10% of income earners $80,400*
1% of income earners $191,100*
0.1% of income earners $685,000**
0.01% of income earners $2.57 million**
*National Household Survey (2011), **Statistics Canada T1FF (2010)

Compared to that 1% in the U.S is above 450k+.
What a difference.

 

[Don Homer]

fukkin A. Well congratz on your success

it's amazing how much better other developed nations have got their systems down. It's not even the "American Dream" anymore, it's the "Canadian Dream". There's such little chance of upward mobility here, it's amazing...

 

[Prince.Skeletor]

fukkin A. Well congratz on your success

it's amazing how much better other developed nations have got their systems down. It's not even the "American Dream" anymore, it's the "Canadian Dream". There's such little chance of upward mobility here, it's amazing...

I dont know what to make about this.
Many of my peers in the IT sector are moving from Canada to Austin Texas, for more money.

Btw I'm in the 1% because of household income.
Me & my wife both work in IT.

 

[Don Homer]

I dont know what to make about this.
Many of my peers in the IT sector are moving from Canada to Austin Texas, for more money.

Btw I'm in the 1% because of household income.
Me & my wife both work in IT.

i get that, but it's totally anecdotal.

Chances are, if you're a regular person, especially black, it's nearly impossible to move up economically.

 

[Shogun]

If you make more than $35,000 you're in the global one percent

 

[yung Herbie Hancock]

fukkin A. Well congratz on your success

it's amazing how much better other developed nations have got their systems down. It's not even the "American Dream" anymore, it's the "Canadian Dream". There's such little chance of upward mobility here, it's amazing...

Yea United States lost it's status a while ago. Many people in China live better lives than in America. Australia and Canada are ahead of USA in terms of quality of life. The place to be for any human right now are: Canada, Australia, Germany, and Japan. Social mobility is better in these countries than in America by a long shot . They also have better educated citizens and significantly lower crime/murder rates.

 

[yung Herbie Hancock]

If you make more than $35,000 you're in the global one percent

There's a difference between making 35,000 and barely making it compared to making 10,000 in a third world country where you have access to less processed food. The average American making that income dies early from heart problems, cancer or diabetes because of the fact that nutritious food is more expensive than junk food. Never mind the fact that an American making 35,000 dollars is more likely to live in a violence plagued environment compared to someone from the Philippines making the equivalent of 35,000.

 

[Shogun]

There's a difference between making 35,000 and barely making it compared to making 10,000 in a third world country where you have access to less processed food. The average American making that income dies early from heart problems, cancer or diabetes because of the fact that nutritious food is more expensive than junk food. Never mind the fact that an American making 35,000 dollars is more likely to live in a violence plagued environment compared to someone from the Philippines making the equivalent of 35,000.

USDA: Healthy food isn't really more expensive

 

[Jhoon]

Yea United States lost it's status a while ago. Many people in China live better lives than in America. Australia and Canada are ahead of USA in terms of quality of life. The place to be for any human right now are: Canada, Australia, Germany, and Japan. Social mobility is better in these countries than in America by a long shot . They also have better educated citizens and significantly lower crime/murder rates.

Most of my cousins live in Germany.

 

[yung Herbie Hancock]

USDA: Healthy food isn't really more expensive

It is. Go to the hood then tell me how someone who can't afford a car is supposed to go to the whole foods to buy clean whole food. There's nothing but junk food and liquor stores nearby .

 

[Prince.Skeletor]

Never mind the fact that an American making 35,000 dollars is more likely to live in a violence plagued environment.

Depends on the state/city.... but ya pretty much.
If I made only 35k I would try another field and do something on the side or move.
But ya, not everyone has that luxury, and a few years ago neither did I, so I can mos def empathize through experience.
Was once living in an apartment with no AC, it was smoldering hot in summers, & I was mostly eating canned foods.
For a while my meals were canned beans and white rice daily... Those days I was well disciplined though, tried my best to eat healthy and consume enough protein through foods. Couldn't afford a gym so I was doing daily bodyweight exercises, and everything that I learned for my career was my studying for free at bookstores.

Hated those days but it made me the man I am today!

 

[yung Herbie Hancock]

Depends on the state/city.... but ya pretty much.
If I made only 35k I would try another field and do something on the side or move.
But ya, not everyone has that luxury, and a few years ago neither did I, so I can mos def empathize through experience.
Was once living in an apartment with no AC, it was smoldering hot in summers, & I was mostly eating canned foods.
For a while my meals were canned beans and white rice daily... Those days I was well disciplined though, tried my best to eat healthy and consume enough protein through foods. Couldn't afford a gym so I was doing daily bodyweight exercises, and everything that I learned for my career was my studying for free at bookstores.

Hated those days but it made me the man I am today!

Had you already gone to college before being in that situation? Just curious.

 

[Prince.Skeletor]

Had you already gone to college before being in that situation? Just curious.

Started but didnt finish college
But that apartment situation was from since birth.
I was born in poverty.
shytty apartment with no AC.
Roaches, even in the stove where the time shows under the glass and same for our cheap ass microwave, roaches where the time shows, and in the oven too.
Crazy ass poor childhood I had.
Every so often I run into peeps I went to school with, many turned weird & shyt, or depressed.
Like life just ain't working out for them, living paycheck by paycheck, but I dont look at them through judgemental eyes, rather I think to myself that could have EASILY been me.

 

[yung Herbie Hancock]

Started but didnt finish college
But that apartment situation was from since birth.
I was born in poverty.
shytty apartment with no AC.
Roaches, even in the stove where the time shows under the glass and same for our cheap ass microwave, roaches where the time shows, and in the oven too.
Crazy ass poor childhood I had.
Every so often I run into peeps I went to school with, many turned weird & shyt, or depressed.
Like life just ain't working out for them, living paycheck by paycheck, but I dont look at them through judgemental eyes, rather I think to myself that could have EASILY been me.

Glad you made it man.

 

[Don Homer]

Started but didnt finish college
But that apartment situation was from since birth.
I was born in poverty.
shytty apartment with no AC.
Roaches, even in the stove where the time shows under the glass and same for our cheap ass microwave, roaches where the time shows, and in the oven too.
Crazy ass poor childhood I had.
Every so often I run into peeps I went to school with, many turned weird & shyt, or depressed.
Like life just ain't working out for them, living paycheck by paycheck, but I dont look at them through judgemental eyes, rather I think to myself that could have EASILY been me.

dont let those morons at fox news find out. They'll be like "see, he pulled himself up by his bootstraps and became a productive member of society. Why can't you there be more like you?"