Let's see more charts and graphs to suck the joy out of your life! Here are 15 Appalling Facts About Wealth And Inequality In America — the rich-poor divide is growing. One graph summarizes it all: If you aren't in the top 1% of America's earners, you're pretty much screwed.
There's a lot of class warfare going on right now, only it mostly consists of the victims lying back and voting for the officials who will then help the plutocrats mug them some more.
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