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Old Mar 27, 2015 | 8:25 am
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Originally Posted by ft101
Your numbers, my research, based on an relatively affluent nation (USA) in 2011 (latest figures I could find).

235,000 make over a million dollars. http://www.quora.com/How-many-people...ear-in-the-USA

Population 311 million. http://www.census.gov/newsroom/relea.../cb11-215.html

So 99.92% to be more acccurate.
Now count the number of flights. Those people fly 100 times as often as the average person, possibly more. And each of those $1 million + people travels with a handful of others (juniors, assistants) who earn less.
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