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by terminalshort 274 days ago
Most of the money is being funneled to the old. The US government is an insurance company with an army.
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From Obama until now, the income gap between the wealthy and regular people has skyrocketed. Most of the new money being generated in our economy is going into the pockets of the top 0.1% and none is going into the bottom 50%.
The actual numbers show it rising during Obama and being flat ever since https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/WFRBST01134