[Vision2020] Huh?

[Paul Rumelhart]

It probably depends upon whether "middle income" means the arithmetic mean (sum of AGI / number of tax returns), or the median (sort the numbers by AGI from smallest to largest and pick the middle one).  Very likely they are two vastly different numbers.  I have no idea if $200,000 is near the arithmetic mean or not, but it is definitely not the median value.

Paul




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 From: Joe Campbell <philosopher.joe at gmail.com>
To: Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> 
Cc: Moscow Vision 2020 <vision2020 at moscow.com> 
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 2:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Huh?
 
From the web: "... based on information from the IRS, fewer than 3% of
tax returns (3.924 million returns out of 140+ million total returns)
claimed more than $200,000 in adjusted gross income (AGI) in tax year
2009 (more current data is not available)."

Romney is reaching out to the middle 3%! Joe

On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 2:40 PM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:
> Courtesy of Business Insider at:
>
> http://www.businessinsider.com/romney-middle-income-2012-9
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> "An interesting quote from Mitt Romney in an interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos:
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> GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: Is $100,000 middle income?
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> MITT ROMNEY: No, middle income is $200,000 to $250,000 and less."
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> Seeya round town, Moscow, because . . .
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> "Moscow Cares"
> http://www.MoscowCares.com
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> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
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> "We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students.  The college students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."
>
> - Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)
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