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Subject:	Re: Property Rights are the foundation of freedom
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Mon, 5 May 2003 00:12:30 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richie Dulin writes: > How do you know his or her standard of living is still really good compared > to other nations? I wish I could locate a cite right now, but the average american believes wrongly that they are within the top 1-5% of the wealthy in the U.S. Costello believes wrongly that the average american is doing well economically, but is probably ignoring all kinds of important criteria in arriving at that conclusion. -- Hop-Frog

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		Re: Property Rights are the foundation of freedom
(...) Yes. Australians appear to be similar. (...) Absolutely. A good average standard of living is not necessarily an indicator that the average person has a good standard of living. I always wonder why people who would never favour dividing the (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: Property Rights are the foundation of freedom
(...) I am generally not a big fan of throwing out unsubstanciated numbers to back up a point, but I believe the last numbers I saw showed that the top 10% of wage earners in the US started at $75,000 a year. I also saw a survey that showed that 90% (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: Property Rights are the foundation of freedom
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Costello writes: <snip> (...) Who is the average person? How do you know his or her standard of living is still really good compared to other nations? Cheers Richie (21 years ago, 4-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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