Re: [FRIAM] interesting - if true

2021-08-29 Thread Marcus Daniels
One would think that being progressive leads to progress, no? From: Friam On Behalf Of Merle Lefkoff Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2021 11:45 AM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] interesting - if true Didn't we know that already? On Thu, Aug 26, 2021

Re: [FRIAM] interesting - if true

2021-08-29 Thread Frank Wimberly
I don't earn any money but I receive more annually than I ever earned. I guess you could say that I earned it in the past but that's not clear. Are there lots of people in my situation? I vote Democrat. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On

Re: [FRIAM] interesting - if true

2021-08-29 Thread Merle Lefkoff
Didn't we know that already? On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 1:56 PM Prof David West wrote: > I encountered the following assertions but have not been able to confirm > or refute. > > 65% of Americans earning $500,000/yr or more are registered Democrats and > 74% of those earning $100,000 or less are Re

Re: [FRIAM] interesting - if true

2021-08-26 Thread Alexander Rasmus
Dave, I think there's some truth to the general picture you're painting, but your leading statistic is going to have to be based on household income, or qualified in some other way, to have a good chance of being true. As of 2019, there were ~30 million people making over 100k/year, out of 235 mil

Re: [FRIAM] interesting - if true

2021-08-26 Thread Marcus Daniels
< If these were true, it would be interesting to the extent it belies the caricatures of the Republican party as the bastion of the plutocrats and the Democratic party as the champion of the working class.> Did anyone watch Pennyworth? The father is a possible picture of today's anti-liberal-