There are some numbers about sources of income that I find
interesting. We get varied figures on
the number of self-employed people there are, from 9 to 11 million. The number reporting self-employment income on their income taxes is
12.5 million of which over a million are Latino (800 thousand are black) and a
different million are over 65 years old.
People on Social Security retirement number 40 million.That is a lot.
Lastly, 36 million Americans receive income directly from dividends. Another couple of million get dividend income from their pensions. That is really a lot. Pp 360 table 530