It has been the rallying cry of the Occupy movement for the past two months - but is the US really split 99% v 1%? As poverty and inequality reach record levels, how much richer have the rich got? This animation explains what the key data says about the state of America today — The Guardian
It has been the rallying cry of the Occupy movement for the past two months - but is the US really split 99% v 1%? As poverty and inequality reach record levels, how much richer have the rich got? This animation explains what the key data says about the state of America today
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another thing telling us what we all should already know by now. i appreciate the large 99.99% stick figure at the end.
Why are the rich people stick figures fat and the poor thin in the video? Should be the reverse: the poor have to eat McD's every day between their second and third job while the rich can be choosy about their lean, grass-fed artisan burgers...