Bloody threadjacks...
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Imperialist war based on lies for the profits of corporate America.
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Torture legal, rendition ok, illegal phone taps ect....
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Unrelated. If you want to complain about that kind of thing, this isn't the place.
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Growing inequality in the US not seen since the 1920's.
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I guess that sounds bad if you completely ignore the actual data. The rich are indeed getting richer - but the income of the poor is improving as well, just at a slower rate. Take a look at the data adjusted for inflation:
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/incom...inc/h01ar.html
Inequality is growing, but who cares? The rich are getting richer, but the poor are too - just at a slower rate.
Also, those numbers aren't nearly as dramatic as they appear - consider that the mean number of earners per household is around 1 for the lowest quintile and around 2 for the higher ones.
http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/03200.../new01_001.htm
Oh, and something worth noting: rent controls were likely a large cause of the abandonment and urban decay seen in these pictures.
http://www.econlib.org/Library/Enc/RentControl.html