Originally Posted by NW Ponderer
I found this information informative: Where Do You Stand on America's Wealth Spectrum? And of course, there is this:
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[snip]We live in a country that once celebrated itself as egalitarian, yet 1 percent of the population -- nearly 3 million people -- currently has as much money as the 100 million people at the bottom of the ramp.
Rather our founding documents asserted:"all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." Most of us understand the expectation is equality before the law and not equality of economic outcome. Meanwhile, consider in the US of A the economic reality is more complex than some being rich and some poor although that may ever be the case for some; others become poorer over time while yet others become richer; a socio-economic dynamism found in few if any other societies. smile