America the great. America the beautiful. America the land of the free. How about America...the land of inequality.
The following excerpt is from Forbes Magazine, I'd considering paraphrasing but they do such a great job explaining this issue I figured I'd just give them credit.....

http://www.forbes.com/sites/dalearcher/2013/09/04/could-americas-wealth-gap-lead-to-a-revolt/
Of course, we need to differentiate between wealth and income disparity. While the top 1 percent own more than 40% of the nation’s approximately $54 trillion in wealth, they earn about 19% of the income. In other words, the rich get richer via stocks, bonds, real estate, etc. which partially accounts for the wealth gap being almost double the income gap. So an increase in the minimum wage being called for now will barely make a dent in this disparity as it stands.

That leaves the bottom 80 percent with a meager 7 percent of the wealth, or, to look at it another way, the wealthiest 400 Americans have the same combined wealth of the nation’s poorest – more than 150 million people, which is almost half the population.


Okay.....hold the phone.....so while we scrap the pie pan for crumbs  the top 20% eat and get fat. At least Queen Antoinette shared her cake.

This is only the beginning....a revolution WILL happen and this country will be the land of dreams and equal opportunity. We just have to stop lying to ourselves....give up our greedy lifestyles and dive in to what could be a better life for all.