The reality of wealth today in the USA.

[spiritguide]

For those of you that would like to see the reality of wealth today a short video helps explain it.

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and this is how George Carlin tells it. (some vulgarity)

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Needed some humor because of the depressive content of the first video.

Peace!

[Robin]

They tried to warn us, but we fell into the trap of materialism...

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[T Smith]

Sadly, it's not about wealth. It's about control. Wealth means little to nothing to the off-the-chart demographic in this chart. Money is but the means to achieve control.

[Fairy Friend]

Working hard is one thing. Working smarter another. What if I work 380 times smarter than the next person? What about danger? Maybe 380X more dangerous should be worth more. What about the lottery? 380X luckier.

I do think there will be a shift in what we value. Maybe those high paying CEO and Athletes will get a few pay-scales down. Artists and scientists a few pay-scales up.

I was going to question a bit on the wealth distribution of the 1%. You have to make $506,000.00 to be in the top 1% bracket. The US population is 311,000,000 as above stated, which makes 3,110,000 people. Yet the top 400 people made an average of $344,831,528.00, yes, that's an average of these 400 people for 2012. Clearly, we are talking about a huge difference even in the 1%ers. (IRS.gov)

Earning $100,000.00 now makes the 19% range of the population. $200,000.00 the top 6% now. Isn't this a re-distrisbution of wealth? Wasn't this the 1%ers about 10-15 years ago? How do I factor in value of money depreciating? It seems to me a few people, just a few, are making better money, just a little bit better, overall. The poor a little better? A subtle re-distribution of money or illusion? Fairy Friend

[ponda]

It looks like the inequality gap is widening,going by these graphs.

http://acivilamericandebate.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/growth-in-income-inequality1.jpg

http://currydemocrats.org/in_perspective/financial_wealth_pie_chart_650px.jpg

http://currydemocrats.org/in_perspective/saez_table_1.png

http://acivilamericandebate.com/2011/04/10/the-30-year-growth-of-income-inequality/

http://currydemocrats.org/in_perspective/american_pie.html

[MargueriteBee]

Yes, it is getting worse but sometimes it isn't about how much I have.... I can think about something I want and then I get the feeling and head for goodwill and there it is for 99 cents.

[Fairy Friend]

Maybe it's just me. I recommend being the 1%er. Get all your material wishes out of the way. Find out who you really are? Gets you to the core. Then be who you are.