Why do Libs refer to income quintiles as if they were permanent groups, when they're not?

Question

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1229294/posts
http://www.nytimes.com/specials/downsize/21cox.html
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/1988/05/art1full.pdf
http://www.frbsf.org/econrsrch/wklyltr/el97-07.html#winners
http://www.dallasfed.org/fed/annual/1999p/ar95.html
http://money.cnn.com/2005/05/25/pf/record_millionaires/index.htm?cnn=yes
http://money.cnn.com/2005/09/28/news/economy/millionaire_survey/index.htm?cnn=yes
http://money.cnn.com/2006/03/28/news/economy/millionaires/?cnn=yes
http://www.heritage.org/Research/Labor/bg1773.cfm

I do remember Daschle and Gephardt - I make about double what I made when they were in office. They think I'm two different people.

This is really a subject on which there's plenty of data and what it says is fairly clear - the notion of "the many being raped by the few" just has no basis in reality.

Answer 1

We don't - please ask a coherent question that's possible to answer.

Answer 2

you have a lot of studies from the 80s and 90s... to discuss an issue that's going on today...

I can see pretty clearly what's wrong with your arguement...

the only support you have, is that the number of millionares is growing... but if you look at the numbers, it's still a very small percenage of the overall popuation... like 3 percent... under 10 million total out of 300...

and you don't post the poverty numbers during the same period? hmmm? odd? wouldn't that be a comparison that would prove your point? last I remember seeing, more were going to poverty than getting rich...

and your last article (the only real modern one that has any stats), to me, is against you... it says:

"Average real earnings for "production and nonsupervisory" workers are 2.4 percent higher today than in January 2001. (in 2004)"

2.4 percent over 3 years total? what was inflation over those 3 years total? more than 2.4 percent I would bet... that's losing money... the way I read it...

granted, I don't think quintiles are permanent groups... but you seem to say "they aren't worth anything" since they change... I think they can say a whole lot personally...

Answer 3

Pitting classes against each other is a mainstay of the playbook. Dont you remember Daschle and Gephart and their muffler and lexus crap.
You have Pelosi and Hillary talking about inequality with womens pay when thats been debunked as well.

In fact if it involves statistics I would say we could almost guarantee if its a lib analyzing them they are doing it in a skewed and innacurate manner. Its just been proven time and time again.

Answer 4

I'm trying to estimate what the probability is that if I read those articles I will have any idea what you are talking about.

I'd say it is in the 5th quintile.

Answer 5

What is it, you just don't seem to get that most of America is being raped by the few?

Answer 6

yeah i agree with you all the way, those librals need to be put in death camps and die for their sins