I won't repeat the statistics, as there are too many. Bring a strong stomach when you read these. Politicians are not your friends. Unless you are in the top 1%, government is hurting you and your children terribly. So, what are you going to do about it?
FTA: "The 22 statistics detailed here prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that the middle class is being systematically wiped out of existence in America. The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer at a staggering rate. Once upon a time, the United States had the largest and most prosperous middle class in the history of the world, but now that is changing at a blinding pace... Here are [some of] the statistics to prove it: 83 percent of all U.S. stocks are in the hands of 1 percent of the people... 66 percent of the income growth between 2001 and 2007 went to the top 1% of all Americans... A staggering 43 percent of Americans have less than $10,000 saved up for retirement... Compared to the rest of the world, American workers are extremely expensive, and the government keeps passing more rules and regulations seemingly on a monthly basis that makes it even more difficult to conduct business in the United States... The truth is that the middle class in America is dying."
The Middle Class in America Is Radically Shrinking. Here Are the Stats to Prove It
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Original posting by Braincrave Second Life staff on Jul 28, 2010 at http://www.braincrave.com/viewblog.php?id=275
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