#wealth gap

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The gap between Canada's richest and poorest grew last year as financial markets gained, interest payouts declined and the job market softened, said Statistics Canada on Monday. The agency says the income gap — measuring the difference in the share of disposable income between households in the top 40 per cent and those in the bottom 40 per cent — reached 46.7 percentage points in 2025. The result compared with a gap of 46.4 percentage points a year earlier.

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This amount of money doesn't just fold away into error or coincidence... The data speaks for itself

cmere. Hold my hand. A celebrity with a net worth of 10 million only has 1/3500000ths of what elon musk has. I can't even tell you what decimal that is because that number immediately puts my calculator into scientific notation. That's how fucking small it is. And celebrities, love them or hate them, have jobs. They act, sing, tour, interview, and promote constantly. You're only aware of their wealth because their work is in front of your face constantly. They don't have a fraction of what the CEOs and tech bros have.

Middle class person (idk if these even exist anymore): man this shit sucks but it could be worse

Some doctor/scientist who's technically part of the "one percent": I'm so glad we're just stable enough to put the kids through college

6th richest guy ever: I neeeeeeeed to destroy the entire world as quickly and painfully as possible