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**GECEDEANY** · 01-20-2011, 04:11 PM

We are declining from within due to 30 years of steadily declining income for almost all working americans and steadily increasing concentration of wealth into fewer and fewer hands.

I'd like to see some figures to back that up.

Because my understanding is that income is increasing, and has been increasing, across all income demographics in the United States over the last 30 years.

At least that's whhat the statistics show.

The rich are getting richer, but the poor are also getting "richer", just not at as great a rate.

This isn't an issue of "haves and have nots" but rather an issuue of “haves and have-mores”.

ETA: Here's a great article The Economist discussing just this issue:

http://www.economist.com/node/179573...57381&fsrc=rss

01-20-2011, 04:11 PM	#39
GECEDEANY Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 480 Senior Member	We are declining from within due to 30 years of steadily declining income for almost all working americans and steadily increasing concentration of wealth into fewer and fewer hands. I'd like to see some figures to back that up. Because my understanding is that income is increasing, and has been increasing, across all income demographics in the United States over the last 30 years. At least that's whhat the statistics show. The rich are getting richer, but the poor are also getting "richer", just not at as great a rate. This isn't an issue of "haves and have nots" but rather an issuue of “haves and have-mores”. ETA: Here's a great article The Economist discussing just this issue: http://www.economist.com/node/179573...57381&fsrc=rss
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