US Top 10% living in the wishful dream-world of lies: “The elements of difference we have identified between the rulers and the ruled — demographic, experiential, partisan and ideological — give us some reason to suspect that the two groups may not perceive the political world in the same way,” the authors write. “Taken together, these elements could well create a substantial cognitive and perceptual gulf between official and quasi-official Washington on the one hand and the American public on the other.” More specifically, the researchers found that 91 percent of federal employees are white, and earn on average $81,704 dollars annually or 48 percent more than the private sector mean of $54,995. That places federal workers in the top 10 percent of American income earners. rt/usa/189084-washington-americans-politics-study/
Posted on: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 15:27:52 +0000
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