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Americans cannot vote their way out of this mess. Their only real opportunity was lost when we didn't vote AGAINST the two-party plutocracy by voting for any of the four third-party presidential candidates. We need the world to see tens of millions of votes protesting the failures of both major parties. This electoral rebellion would have keep faith with Thomas Jefferson’s correct view that America would need a revolution every generation or so. To keep voting for Democrats and Republicans just makes gullible and delusional citizens co-conspirators in the vast criminal conspiracy that is our political system.

 

15 Mind-Blowing Facts About Wealth And Inequality In America

By Gus Lubin

May 07, 2010 "SFGate" -- Real average earnings have not increased in 50 years

The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer.

Cliché, sure, but it's also more true than at any time since the Gilded Age.

The poor are getting poorer, wages are falling behind inflation, and social mobility is at an all-time low.

The gap between 1% and everyone else hasn't been this bad since the roaring Twenties

The gap between 1% and everyone else hasn't been this bad since the roaring Twenties Source: The Nation

Half of America has only 2.5% of the wealth

Half of America has only 2.5% of the wealth Source: Institute for Policy Studies

Half of America has only 0.5% of the stocks and bonds

Half of America has only 0.5% of the stocks and bonds Source: Institute for Policy Studies

Look at the gap grow!

Look at the gap grow! Source: Professor G. William Domhoff

The last two decades were great... except for American workers

The last two decades were great... except for American workers

Real average earnings have not increased in 50 years

Real average earnings have not increased in 50 years

But savings rates are sinking

But savings rates are sinking

Poor Americans have a SLIM CHANCE of rising to the upper middle class

Poor Americans have a SLIM CHANCE of rising to the upper middle class Source: NBER

Republican tax cuts have significantly increased the gap

Republican tax cuts have significantly increased the gap Source:

Taxes get better and better for the rich

Taxes get better and better for the rich

America spreads the wealth FAR LESS than other developed countries

America spreads the wealth FAR LESS than other developed countries

America's income spread is nearly twice the OECD average

America's income spread is nearly twice the OECD average Source: Economist

The gap is NOT growing in many countries, like France

The gap is NOT growing in many countries, like France

Inequality is worst around Wall Street and Oil Land

Inequality is worst around Wall Street and Oil Land

If you aren't in the top 1%, then you're getting a bum deal

If you aren't in the top 1%, then you're getting a bum deal

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