The Staggering Extent of Wealth Inequality in the U.S.
An infographic-heavy video on wealth distribution
that went viral over the weekend reveals that the gap between the rich and the
poor in the U.S. is probably much worse than you think.
Infographics on the distribution of wealth in America, highlighting both the inequality and the difference between our perception of inequality and the actual numbers.
The reality is often not what we think it is.
Using information and
statistics from Mother Jones, Think Progress and CNN Money, the video highlights
the huge difference between how Americans believe wealth is divided, how they
would prefer it to be divided and how it is really divided.
Among the video’s more depressing aspects:
The 1
percent control so much of the wealth in this country that to show it required
breaking it out.
(You can be sure that the 'Circumcision Industry' is in the 1%; when a doctor can make $1,000 an hour for mutilating eight baby boys... and that would be just the 'tip of the iceberg'!!!)
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