content: The annual income of the "1%" is $450k or more.  Said another way, in the US today, roughly 3 million people earn at least $225/hour assuming a 40 hour work week and 50 work weeks in a year.  Granted, that's not how the people making this kind of money earn their income, but it helps to make the point.  This hair dryer doesn't even cost 2 hours of earnings for these people.  The "5%" earn at least $210k a year, or roughly $105/hour.  So, about 16 million people make enough to buy this hair dryer before lunch and still have change left over.