1% Wannabees: Americans Envy, Disdain the Richest 1%, Study Finds Feb 8, 2012 09:30AM

New Survey Finds Americans Believe That Richest Americans Live a Pampered Life, Don't Work that Hard and Don't Pay Enough in Taxes WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- It's official: Americans don't think very highly of the people in the so-called 1%, but they wouldn't mind joining them, according to a new survey released today that examines the views on the richest of Americans. Americans believe that the so-called 1% - the richest Americans that have raised the ire of the Occupy Movement – live a life of luxury, pampering and ease, don't have to work that hard and don't pay enough in taxes considering their lofty status, according to the joint survey conducted by 463 Communications and JZ Analytics. Just who belong makes up the 1% is a point of disagreement among the Americans polled in the survey. The majority (52 percent) believes that one needs to earn at ...



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