But the assumption is actually not entirely correct. An analysis of high-income people find a striking difference between the super-rich and nearly rich.
Roberton Williams of the Tax Policy Center, the United States, divided among the wealthy into two groups based on the data the IRS in 2009. One group consists of U.S. communities that reported revenues of over U.S. $ 1 million. While other groups are among the 400 Top earner, which have an average income of U.S. $ 271 million.
The results of this analysis, as quoted from page CNBC, Monday, July 16, 2012, showed that over a third of the wealth of the community who has an income of at least U.S. $ 1 million from the salary.
While from the accretion of capital gains (capital gains) which previously contributed up to one third of revenue, continued to sag up to 17 percent. The fall in receipts from capital gains is starting to happen in 2000.
Currently, the group of rich people are much mendapatan money from other revenue sources, especially from their business partnership.
While the Super Rich in the list of top 400 Fortunate, earn more money from capital gains and other income. Wealth from the coffers of these more than the salary or wages that portion only 9 percent.
But with the fall of the U.S. stock market, the share of revenue from capital gains profits continued to fall from 72 percent in 2000 to 46 percent in 2009.
Of this study is known, people who earn U.S. $ 1 million is a rich man's salary (salaried rich), since they depend revenue from traditional sources. While the Super Rich can bring in wealth from the sale of shares or their business.
Since the super-rich are so dependent on capital gains (mainly shares), their income is now lower. This is evident from the fall of the capital gain property to 40 percent between 2007-2009.
As a community, the super-rich is also depend very quickly. At least 73 percent of the members of the superrich is listed only once in the period 1992-2009.
According to William, a source of income for the super-rich are becoming increasingly vulnerable as the world economic recession. As for the rich only, their earnings fell 18 percent.