How to Join the 1%

[Caliga]

I am a financial systems admin.  I run my company's financial ERP from which we do all of our accounting and finance work.

Fascinating. So do you consider yourself in league with the axis of Dguller-Dorsey or merely an associate power?

In league with.  I spend pretty much all day working with accountants.  Sometimes I even have to educate them on how to create a balanced journal entry.

[Brazen]

The average worth of residents the town I live in has gone down significantly since they arrested the Hatton Garden burglars, half of whom lived here 

[Richard Hakluyt]

The average worth of residents the town I live in has gone down significantly since they arrested the Hatton Garden burglars, half of whom lived here 

They look like a bunch of old-school London villains, almost a shame they got caught 

[Ed Anger]

I am a financial systems admin.  I run my company's financial ERP from which we do all of our accounting and finance work.

Fascinating. So do you consider yourself in league with the axis of Dguller-Dorsey or merely an associate power?

In league with.  I spend pretty much all day working with accountants.  Sometimes I even have to educate them on how to create a balanced journal entry.

Accountants are educated stupid sometimes.

[lustindarkness]

Oh you people are talking about money no one gives a shit about. I thought it was the true 1% that matters and serves their country. Silly me. I have no idea or care if I fall in that 1%. 

[garbon]

2.8% here, but lose the kids and it goes up to 0.8%.................intuitively that just doesn't seem right 

I mean if you look at our budget before and after kids the only big deal is the daycare and that is going to go away soon. Hardly a soul crushing burden.

Do you not need money to feed, clothe, etc. for your children?

[Valmy]

Do you not need money to feed, clothe, etc. for your children?

I don't really pay much to do those things. Both being boys and wearing the same size it is pretty easy to clothe them. Third world slave labor makes it dirt cheap anyway.

They are 2 and 4 and don't eat much, and even what they do is not exactly gourmet dining.

[Admiral Yi]

2.8% here, but lose the kids and it goes up to 0.8%.................intuitively that just doesn't seem right 

Why not?  You just became twice as wealthy per capita.

[Brazen]

The average worth of residents the town I live in has gone down significantly since they arrested the Hatton Garden burglars, half of whom lived here 

They look like a bunch of old-school London villains, almost a shame they got caught 

I was going to judge the plumber by which school he went to, but he was brought up in Dublin. I'm pretty sure I can identify the pub in which the caper was planned by triangulating their addresses*, all of which are within walking distance of home.

*Crown and Horseshoes is my best guess.

[frunk]

I don't really pay much to do those things. Both being boys and wearing the same size it is pretty easy to clothe them. Third world slave labor makes it dirt cheap anyway.

They are 2 and 4 and don't eat much, and even what they do is not exactly gourmet dining.

Yeah, for us daycare is probably 95% of the expense.

[Richard Hakluyt]

2.8% here, but lose the kids and it goes up to 0.8%.................intuitively that just doesn't seem right 

Why not?  You just became twice as wealthy per capita.

Maybe.........on the other hand the main reason we make the money is because we have children, used to be dropouts back in the day (well I guess I still am but with shares) 

[garbon]

Do you not need money to feed, clothe, etc. for your children?

I don't really pay much to do those things. Both being boys and wearing the same size it is pretty easy to clothe them. Third world slave labor makes it dirt cheap anyway.

They are 2 and 4 and don't eat much, and even what they do is not exactly gourmet dining.

Well presumably the costs won't remain minimal throughout their childhood.

[Monoriu]

0.2% 

[Barrister]

Oh you people are talking about money no one gives a shit about. I thought it was the true 1% that matters and serves their country. Silly me. I have no idea or care if I fall in that 1%. 

I serve my country. 

[Martinus]

It is really hard to get data on income (on a worldwide basis), but here is a neat calculator to play with :

https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/get-involved/how-rich-am-i

You are in the richest 0.1% of the world's population.

Your income is more than 175.9 times the global average.

They seem like they just want me to donate to their charity.