Income vs Wealth Debate
Commenters repeatedly distinguish between income and wealth, critique conflations in analyses or charts, and advocate for using disposable income, cost of living adjustments, or household income instead of raw income.
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US usda.gov OP GP HN www.ers income wealth disposable income incomes disposable welfare household household income spending income taxes
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Doesn’t income have the same issue?
You're looking at income, not wealth
Do you expect that to still hold if you account for income level?
I see you slipped in the word "wealth" when the GP specifically mentioned "income." Any reason for choosing one over the other?
It probably depends on their income more than anything.
Seems like we're conflating wealth with income?
Now change it to comparing disposable income.
No, it has to do with disposable income.
Looks only at "income" while ignoring wealth
What is it about if not income?