$2.5k for general families (more than one person), $737 for the mean individual American, so even lower for the median. I think that holds.
I also think that if poorer people indeed give a higher proportion to church, this is probably because you’re expected to give a certain amount to your local church that does not scale linearly with your wealth (e.g. a billionaire that goes to church is also expected to place a couple bills in the jar, and not e.g. give them some gold bars). If that’s the case that would mean that the wealthy give a lower proportion by virtue of them having more money, and if that money was redistributed not much would change.
As for redistribution. It might be redistributed towards lower income Americans and not global priorities, but that would still be a vast improvement over the status quo if the billionaires are spending that money on luxuries, or worse, buying votes, politicians, social media platforms, etc.
$2.5k for general families (more than one person), $737 for the mean individual American, so even lower for the median. I think that holds.
I also think that if poorer people indeed give a higher proportion to church, this is probably because you’re expected to give a certain amount to your local church that does not scale linearly with your wealth (e.g. a billionaire that goes to church is also expected to place a couple bills in the jar, and not e.g. give them some gold bars). If that’s the case that would mean that the wealthy give a lower proportion by virtue of them having more money, and if that money was redistributed not much would change.
As for redistribution. It might be redistributed towards lower income Americans and not global priorities, but that would still be a vast improvement over the status quo if the billionaires are spending that money on luxuries, or worse, buying votes, politicians, social media platforms, etc.