wealth inequality in the USA

I’ve posted dozens of times regarding this phenomenon.

In 2010, 93 percent of the additional income created in the country that year, compared to 2009 — $288 billion — went to the top 1 percent of taxpayers …

It’s not smart. It’s not healthy.

The wealth gap has not resonated much in the American psyche. Republicans can still rant about “redistribution”, as if it’s a heinous crime.

Many poor people, those suffering most, continue to listen to Rush Limbaugh.

… But for some reason, this video’s gone viral.

The issue of wealth inequality across the United States is well known, but this video shows you the extent of that imbalance in dramatic and graphic fashion.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Fact is the rich are too rich in the USA. Many of the most affluent do not deserve their wealth.

“Behind (most) every great fortune there is a crime.”

– Honoré de Balzac

(via Mashable)

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