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According to the Federal Reserve, US budgets have 160.35 trillion dollars of combined prosperity, which is the value of each American's assets minus their liabilities.

To say that it is unevenly distributed is too much understatement to qualify as an understatement at all. The lower 50% of the country are less than 3% of this huge cake, while the happiest 10% Gorte of almost all.

Here is a look at how much money every American would have if every person had the same part of the country's prosperity.

Next, find out what the economy could look like if net assets were limited to $ 1 billion.

How do you sound just half a million dollars? It depends on who you ask

According to Google's Data Commons project, the United States houses around 340.11 million people.

If you divided the country's 160.35 trillion dollars alike, everyone would have around 471,465 US dollars. That is 942,930 US dollars per couple. If a few children had two children, the four would sit nicely with $ 1.89 million.

For most in the lower 50%, this probably sounds like a pretty sweet offer. For many in the Monied class in the upper half, net assets of less than half a million dollars could be just as good in the Poorhouse.

The Haves and Have-Mores Horten 2/3 of the cake

Almost one dollar in three are in the pockets of the top 1%, which has $ 49.46 trillion or 30.8% of the combined assets of America – but even 1% has an aristocracy and a subclass.

The heavyweights on the tipy top of the pyramid in the top 0.1% ETWA 340,000 human owns $ 22.14 trillion or 13.8% of America's premium. The citizens of the 1%-and 99% -99% of percentage group $ 27.32 trillion or $ 17% of American assets.

Among them are those in the 90% -99% Perzentil group that control $ 58.34 or 36.4% of the cake. In combination with 1%, this corresponds to almost exactly two thirds of the American assets on the top 10%bank accounts.

90% shares 33% – but they hardly share it equally

Almost the entire remaining third of the American wealth 30.3%or $ 48.54 trillion to those in the 50%-90%perfection groups.

This divides only 2.5% or 4.01 trillion dollars for the entire lower 50% of the country. If you share it evenly, which of course you don't do, it would give each of these 170 million people 23,588 US dollars.

For the context, the 340,000 makers and Schüttler receive around 65.12 million US dollars in the top 0.1% each -2,760 times more.

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