Darren New wrote:
> Sherry Shaw wrote:
>> Impossibly low.  I've been acquainted with too many people who make 
>> that kind of money.  $364,657 is common-as-dirt doctor/lawyer income, 
>> not filthy rich.
> 
> By the way, I think thinking fully 1% of the population should be 
> "filthy rich" is a bad idea. I also think that this is typical selection 
> bias.
> 
> How many patients do you think that doctor sees? Let's be generous, and 
> say four a day, for 200 days a year. That's 800 patients, presumedly few 
> who are themselves doctors.
> 
> How many health insurance adjusters are there for each doctor?
> 
> Walk into the big grocery store nearby. Look around. How many people 
> shopping there do you think are making $400K a year?
There might be a selection bias here too. If I go to a grocery nearby I 
most probably won't see any filthy rich person. They don't live here. 
Then again I know some places where I wouldn't expect less than 90% rich 
people (the other 10% being their servants).
But that might have been your point too.

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