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Thursday, October 27, 2011

US wealth inequality

Okay, to clarify, one last time--the following chart shows the amount of wealth going to the top 1% of the nation over the last 30 years (click on chart for bigger view):
If you're down here with the rest of us in the Middle and Lower classes--you know, the 99% of us--you got this long ago. This is how intrinsically unbalanced--and unfair--our American system truly is. Links: http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2010/09/simple-look-income-inequality; http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/cbo-top-1-percent-almost-tripled-incomes-fueling-inequality/2011/10/25/gIQAzbMrIM_story.html; http://www.cbo.gov/publications/collections/collections.cfm?collect=13

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