The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Don't Seem to Count Anymore

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The rich get richer.

 

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/07/22/2338241/its-not-just-the-royals-in-the-us-your-parents-wealth-determines-your-own/

 

 

The poor are still poor.

 

http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2013/08/12/130812ta_talk_surowiecki

 

http://theweek.com/article/index/247876/what-should-the-minimum-wage-be

 

 

Maybe if the mainstream media weren't all corporate behemoths with their eye on making more profit there would be some compassion and reporting on the plight of the 99% of Americans who are not super-rich.

 

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/08/07/1229087/-15-things-everyone-would-know-if-there-were-a-liberal-media#

 

 

The fact corporations and the rich are taking an ever growing share of the profits of the nation would be bearable if there were more for everyone else too, but there isn't. Corporate 'greed' is killing us. Internationalization has been the main new opportunity for business in the last few decades and the Republicans have (largely) been in control of government during that time. They preferred deregulation and letting corporations do what they want. They have even gone so far as to let corporations and corporate groups like ALEC write the legislation. Now the job off-shoring and declining American manufacturing has flattened middle-class incomes. It's time for people to act to save themselves from this madness.