America’s wealthiest citizens don’t realize they’re wealthy. (You’d think the extra zeros at the end of their paycheck would be the clue in).
According to Catherine Rampell, a New York Times blogger, “most upper-income earners (the 6 percent of Americans in households earning over $250,000) do not see themselves as being part of the upper-income bracket.”
Rampell relies on information gathered from Gallup polls to further illustrate her point, which can be read here.
(By the way, 6 percent of these rich people think their own taxes are too low. But 30 percent think rich people's taxes are too low. Go figure.)
