January 19, 2012 11:21AM 

# The 99 Percent 

By [John Samples](https://www.cato.org/people/john-samples) 

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[A *New York Times*-CBS News poll](http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/01/19/us/politics/19poll-documents.html) finds that 15 percent of the population consider themselves “upper middle class.” (Question 94) That same survey finds 16 percent report household incomes above $100,000 annually. I suspect there is a high correlation between the two groups.

The six-figure income must make it easier to cope with being oppressed by the 1 percent.

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