[http://deoxy.org/hakim/millennium.htm#5 http://deoxy.org/hakim/masonic_gaze.jpg|right22] '''''"a million dollars isn't exactly a lot of money these days"'''''--[http://deoxy.org/video/jTmXHvGZiSY Number Two] ,, ,, A million dollars is actually a ''vast'' sum. This table shows how long americans with median [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household_income_in_the_United_States] pay would have to work and save 100% at present rates to accumulate one million dollars. In 2006, there were approximately 116,011,000 households in the United States.^^ibid.^^ ,, <br clear="all"> || In 2007, the median annual household income rose 1.3% to '''$50,233.00''' || 19.9 years || || The real median earnings of men who worked full time, year-round climbed between 2006 and 2007, from $43,460 to '''$45,113'''. || 22.2 years || || For women, the corresponding increase was from $33,437 to '''$35,102'''. || 28.5 years || || The median income per household member (including all working and non-working members above the age of 14) was '''$26,036''' in 2006. || 38.4 years || || || || || Households in the top quintile, 77% of which had two or more income earners, had incomes exceeding '''$91,705'''. || 10.9 years || || Households in the mid quintile, with a mean of approximately one income earner per household had incomes between '''$36,000 and $57,657'''. || 27.8 and 17.3 years || || Households in the lowest quintile (20%) had incomes less than '''$19,178''' || 52.1 years || || and the majority had no income earner. || 1,000,000 years could pass long before a lowest quintile majority household accumulates one million dollars. || || In 2006 1.93% of all households had annual incomes exceeding '''$250,000''' || 4 years || ,, ,, <html><a href="http://deoxy.org/failure.htm"><img src="http://deoxy.org/gif/100horrors.jpg" style="width:100%" border="0"></a></html>