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by wandernotlost 1436 days ago
The US is way down the list at 120 for income equality, worse than most of the "developed world". That median hides a lot in a country of over 320 million.

https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/gini-index-coef...

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The US also has just about the richest poor in the world - so if reducing inequality means making the poor demonstrably poorer, is that a good solution?

Last I checked, poverty line in the US is at the 85th percentile in world income.

And most importantly, most of that inequality and poverty levels are what are called pre-tax-transfer: they do not account the value given the poor and lower incomes via benefits, which lowers a lot of that inequality (and makes our poor even richer than most of the planet).

For fun, pick a country that you think is better for lower income people, and let's look into it :)

Inequality is relative. Absolute income means a significant amount, even more so to the poor.