[markygras]

(01-05-2015 12:53 PM)El Chinito loco Wrote:  

I think one of the Roosevelts said that facts can be difficult, but statistics can be malleable. Or something like that.

That chart is infuriating since it doesn't allow for bimodal or true values for the "bottom 90%". For all we know, the 0-25% are considered negative income, since roughly 25% of the population is on welfare. Then there's the folks that make $0 because they don't work. These values drag down all the other values encapsulated in the 90%. For all we know, based on the chart, the 80-90% range could make just a single penny less than the 90-95% range. (obviously that's not the case, but it illustrates how useless these charts are).