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Investment Manager Explains Why 99.5% Of Americans Can Never Win (businessinsider.com)
3 points by daspianist on Nov 14, 2013 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



It's called American dream because you have to be asleep to believe it. –George Carlin


this article says "the average American family with a pre-tax income in the mid-$50k range".

Is that household income or individual income? 50K for a whole family seems too low.




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