• sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      14 days ago

      Yeah, i think more specifically theyre going by people paying income taxes… it may include other categories, i think they have a giant companion methodology explainer somewhere.

      I only clipped like 10% of the whole page, basically roughly what it initially was when this page was started… 20+ years ago, I don’t know exactly.

      Its since gotten … a lot more stats added on to it.

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        14 days ago

        I’m sure there’s a more precise methodology to it. I’m just thinking a household of 4, 2 parents 2 children, that’s only 2 tax payers since kids don’t pay taxes.

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          14 days ago

          You also gotta count all the retired / disabled / under the table employed.

          Add them in and its more like 1:2 instead of 1:1.

          Oh and also students that are full time students with no regular job at the same time.