Sure, measure from the peak

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Post #351,248 by drook 11/25/11 1:08:38 PM Reply	Sure, measure from the peak Where are they compared to historical norms? More important, when's the last time the income polarization was this extreme? -- Drew
Post #351,249 by boxley 11/25/11 1:19:40 PM Reply	sure, stop measuring at the peak 1929, 1912, 1880 etc Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 55 years. meep

Banks contributions to GDP growth were illusory. - (Another Scott) - (41) - Nov. 24, 2011, 09:35:24 AM EST

well I hope that you have a call into Barney Frank's office - (boxley) - (40) - Nov. 24, 2011, 09:42:39 AM EST

We're not saying the same thing. - (Another Scott) - (39) - Nov. 24, 2011, 10:12:05 AM EST

nope they should have been banged flat - (boxley) - (38) - Nov. 24, 2011, 10:21:52 AM EST

We tried that in the 1930s. Didn't work so well. - (Another Scott) - (37) - Nov. 24, 2011, 11:13:44 AM EST

Analogy - (drook) - Nov. 24, 2011, 11:28:24 AM EST

banks would have collapsed system would not - (boxley) - (35) - Nov. 24, 2011, 11:57:39 AM EST

Lookit all that straw - (drook) - (23) - Nov. 24, 2011, 12:07:41 PM EST

Who says that's an exaggeration? -NT - (jake123) - (1) - Nov. 24, 2011, 12:18:38 PM EST

What he said. -NT - (mmoffitt) - Nov. 25, 2011, 08:54:39 AM EST

who is exagerating when fair share is north of 70% of income -NT - (boxley) - (20) - Nov. 25, 2011, 09:45:19 AM EST

You understand what "marginal rate" means, right? -NT - (Another Scott) - (19) - Nov. 25, 2011, 09:46:22 AM EST

Re: You understand what fair is right? -NT - (boxley) - (18) - Nov. 25, 2011, 09:49:55 AM EST

Yes. - (Another Scott) - (17) - Nov. 25, 2011, 10:06:46 AM EST

stale data set - (boxley) - (16) - Nov. 25, 2011, 10:11:44 AM EST

Still a lot higher than the '40s-'70s historical norm. - (Another Scott) - (13) - Nov. 25, 2011, 10:39:55 AM EST

Corporate profits is not individual earnings - (boxley) - (12) - Nov. 25, 2011, 10:45:00 AM EST

"Corporations are people my friend." HTH. -NT - (Another Scott) - (11) - Nov. 25, 2011, 02:32:58 PM EST

mebbe so, never saw one shopping at walmart tho -NT - (boxley) - (10) - Nov. 25, 2011, 02:37:54 PM EST

They shop at Nieman-Marcus. - (Another Scott) - (9) - Nov. 25, 2011, 02:43:38 PM EST

go to management sure - (boxley) - (8) - Nov. 25, 2011, 02:51:01 PM EST

You're making a nice impression of a brick wall today. - (Another Scott) - (7) - Nov. 25, 2011, 02:59:17 PM EST

you brought up shareholders by and large shareholders are us -NT - (boxley) - (6) - Nov. 25, 2011, 03:22:09 PM EST

Wrong - (drook) - (5) - Nov. 25, 2011, 11:59:01 PM EST

Hey, maybe he's REALLY rich and we didn't know! - (crazy) - Nov. 26, 2011, 06:51:43 AM EST

do you have a 101k? - (boxley) - (3) - Nov. 26, 2011, 04:47:20 PM EST

You mean 401k? - (drook) - (2) - Nov. 26, 2011, 08:35:20 PM EST

Yes it does drive... - (folkert) - (1) - Nov. 27, 2011, 12:46:24 AM EST

Ed Zachary! -NT - (mmoffitt) - Nov. 28, 2011, 10:18:48 AM EST

Sure, measure from the peak - (drook) - (1) - Nov. 25, 2011, 01:08:38 PM EST

sure, stop measuring at the peak - (boxley) - Nov. 25, 2011, 01:19:40 PM EST

The Fed gave the banks $16T in accounting entries. - (Another Scott) - (10) - Nov. 24, 2011, 12:33:13 PM EST

Heh. "Real money" We don't have that anymore. - (mmoffitt) - (9) - Nov. 25, 2011, 08:55:35 AM EST

Yup. - (Another Scott) - (8) - Nov. 25, 2011, 09:44:43 AM EST

From your link, wtf? - (mmoffitt) - (7) - Nov. 25, 2011, 11:55:37 AM EST

remember the movie popeye? - (boxley) - (1) - Nov. 25, 2011, 12:13:14 PM EST

I remember what Chase actually did to me. -NT - (mmoffitt) - Nov. 28, 2011, 10:21:40 AM EST

You paid cash for your car? - (drook) - (4) - Nov. 25, 2011, 01:01:42 PM EST

Yes, I did. And at one point - (crazy) - (2) - Nov. 25, 2011, 03:31:02 PM EST

thats the way po' folks do it -NT - (boxley) - (1) - Nov. 25, 2011, 06:41:36 PM EST

Yeah, well - (crazy) - Nov. 26, 2011, 07:01:19 AM EST

The last car I bought, I did. - (mmoffitt) - Nov. 28, 2011, 10:17:10 AM EST