-=> Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Jim Weller <=-

 RH> Upper 10% of US incomes, with the associated attitudes
 RH> It's an Americanism that may not have made it that far North.  Or 
 RH> needed to.  There are also 1-percenters, the really wealthy; the rest 
 RH> of us laugh at "One Percent Problems".

It's the 0.1%ers who are truly obscenely wealthy.

We occasionally talk about 1%ers in Canada but it's not a big deal as our
income and wealth spreads are not as skewed as yours.

Our minimum wage here is $11.50 to $15 per hour depending on what
province or territory one resides in and of course health care is
universal and free, so our take home pay goes further.

The average income is $48,400 and the 1%ers make $477,700.

Our federal income tax is 33% of taxable income over $210,371 and
the NWT territorial tax is an additional 14% for a total of 47%.

So we don't have your highs or lows.

 >       Title: Millionaire Pie
 >  Categories: Pies, Fruit, Dairy
 >       Yield: 8 Servings

 RH> Uhmmm, ick?  (LOL)

I agree, ick! This looks better ...

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Millionaire Shortbread
 Categories: Bars, Chocolate
      Yield: 16 Servings
 
           CRUST:
    3/4 c  Flour
    1/4 c  Sugar
    1/4 c  Butter
           CARAMEL LAYER:
    1/2 c  Butter
      2 tb Corn syrup
     14 oz Can sweetened condensed milk
      1 ts Vanilla
           TOPPING:
    1/2 c  Semisweet chocolate chips
 
  Crust: Preheat oven to 350 F.  Mix together the flour, 1/4 cup sugar
  and 1/4 cup butter until crumbly. Press into a greased 8 inch square
  pan. Bake for 10-15 minutes or until golden brown. Cool.

  Caramel Layer: In a heavy saucepan, melt 1/2 cup butter. Add the
  corn syrup and the sweetened condensed milk. Bring to a boil and
  cook 12-15 minutes, stirring constantly, until mixture turns
  medium caramel color. Do not let burn. Remove from heat and stir
  in vanilla. Pour over crust. Cool. Melt chocolate chips and spread
  over the caramel layer. Cool until set. Cut into bars or squares.
  
  Bette...NM.
  
MMMMM



Cheers

Jim


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