 US Household Income, Devil's advocate |
| US Household Income, Devil's advocate |
 Sep 21 2007, 09:23 AM
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So lets play a game here. Lets take the devil's advocate on a situation such as education. I think most of us know where each other stand on situations such as race, immigration, education, etc. The point is to go argue the other side of the point. And I don't mean it in a stupid, sarcastic type of way. It is to really argue the point as if you believe in it, and as if you really mean it, in other words argue it as if you're arguing the other side (the one you would normally be on). The point of this is not to prove one side is more 'right' than the other, it is to create critical thinking for everyone involved. You're on your honors as to how you're going to argue the devil's advocate point.
 General statement: This is a plot of median US household income as a function of time from 1965 - 2003. The plot shows that the rate of increase for household income is faster for the higher percentile than the lower percentile. My position: Yes, this plot shows that the 95th percentile is increase much faster than that of the 10th percentile, it does not show the individual families. It is in essence saying that the people in the 95th percentile are making more money. It doesn't show that people who has had money is getting richer, all the data shows is that if you're going to make money, you're going to make more money if you're in the higher percentile. A household in the 20th percentile in the 1960s could have very well risen to the 95th percentile in the 2000's, and vice versa. In essence people "graduate" into a higher percentile. -------------------- I go to the maize and blue
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Sep 21 2007, 03:09 PM
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yeah, i don't really see this as a devil's advocate situation. these are statistics/facts.
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Sep 21 2007, 03:19 PM
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QUOTE (jonathan83 @ Sep 21 2007, 03:09 PM)  yeah, i don't really see this as a devil's advocate situation. these are statistics/facts. Rich is getting richer and the poor is getting poorer. I'm sure plenty of people can disagree with this statement. -------------------- I go to the maize and blue
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Sep 21 2007, 04:25 PM
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Group: Moderators Posts: 2,558 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Seoul, South Korea Member No.: 28 |
QUOTE (Inferia @ Sep 21 2007, 04:19 PM) Rich is getting richer and the poor is getting poorer. I'm sure plenty of people can disagree with this statement. no, from the graph, the poorest of the poor are at the same level, while everyone else is earning more money...so it seems that america in general is getting richer and richer. whatever the case may be, these are just facts, there is nothing to play devil's advocate about. it's like saying "george bush is the 43rd president of the united states...let's play devil's advocate." unless i'm totally not understanding what you're getting at... -------------------- |
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Inferia US Household Income Sep 21 2007, 09:23 AM
impala454 it's a little misleading to say the rich get r... Sep 21 2007, 10:46 AM chook i don't want to do math now, are you saying th... Sep 21 2007, 12:30 PM impala454 i'm just sayin it's not turning into a sup... Sep 21 2007, 12:39 PM Inferia Impala, this is devil's advocate... Are you st... Sep 21 2007, 01:54 PM
impala454 QUOTE (Inferia @ Sep 21 2007, 02:54 PM) I... Sep 21 2007, 02:28 PM Dogmeat this doesn't take into account that the more m... Sep 21 2007, 02:22 PM impala454 QUOTE (Inferia @ Sep 21 2007, 04:19 PM) R... Sep 21 2007, 03:21 PM cupcake the rich are getting richer though.
money makes m... Sep 21 2007, 03:49 PM impala454 right but the middle class are getting richer fast... Sep 21 2007, 03:51 PM schwab technically, wouldnt it be if the poor get raises,... Sep 22 2007, 08:36 AM chook we should just switch to communism and drive yugos... Sep 22 2007, 11:16 AM |
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