How Much Does It Take to Be 'Rich'?

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Even in a lousy economy, Americans still dream of becoming rich. But how big an income would it take for them to feel they’d reached that status? The latest 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair poll gives some indications.

Fielded at the tag end of February and beginning of March, the survey listed several household-income levels and asked respondents to pick the one that would suffice to qualify a person as “rich.” Sixteen percent said “at least $100,000” would do the trick, and 27 percent said “at least $300,000” would do so.

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