Gallup: 99% is 34% - The overwhelming majority of Americans — 58% — say they are prosperous.

Gallup: 99% is 34%

December 17, 2011 by Don Surber

On paper, the rhetoric of the Occupy Wall Street crowd should have led to revolution. 1% of the country controls more than 1% of the wealth. For shame. But the classic battle between the Haves and the Have Nots never materialized, and the Gallup Poll people found a reason for this: The overwhelming majority of Americans — 58% — say they are members of the Haves.

Only 34% believe they are members of the Have Nots.

This is why the Haves fear not from the Half Off crowd.

The Have Nots are not even Half the people.

They truly Halve Not.

That 34% figure is down from 35% in 2006, when the economy was booming.

To be sure, that is all within the margin of error. Pretty basically the numbers stay the same.

In every demographic group — race, education, sex, political leaning — the Haves outnumber the  Have Nots.

Even among the unemployed, 52% say they are among the Haves. Only 41% say they Have Not.

By income, there is a disparity, as one would expect. Among those making more than $75,000 a year, 76% are Haves while 16% are Have Nots.

Among those making $30,000 to $74,999, Gallup found that 56% are Haves, 37% Have Nots.

Among those making $29,999 or less, finally, a majority — 55% — are Have Nots.

But 36% of those making $29,999 a year or less include themselves in the Haves section of life.

Obviously, class is a state of mind.

Most people have class, but some have not.