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Could whoever downvoted this explain why this is wrong? This seems like a great point.

From the main article "The report also notes that 37 percent of U.S. families have no retirement wealth at all." So I could claim "100 McDonald's employees have as much retirement savings as 104M Americans". That doesn't really say much.

Yes, the grandparent post is being unfairly downvoted. It's an entirely valid criticism of the meaninglessness of a sensational headline.

Fair point, although "37 percent of households have no retirement savings" is still a pretty shocking headline.

This is a good observation. If you zoom in the power law, it still remains power law :). Average american probably has more wealth than bottom million Americans combined.