Monday, August 18, 2008

Thurstan Howell III Maverick's definition of ‘rich’ illustrated


<-- McCain and Cindy are the 21th century 's Thurstan and Lovey Howell from Gilligan's Island.
Thinkprogress:


During the Saddleback Church presidential forum on Saturday, when Pastor Rick Warren asked both Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) to define where “you move from middle class to rich,” McCain reflexively joked, “How about $5 million?” He then added that “it doesn’t matter really what my definition of rich is.” Noting that “McCain’s answer is just profoundly out-of-touch,” Ezra Klein put together a graph showing just how off-base McCain’s definition is compared to actual income distribution:

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