Instead of "income inequality" why not frame as "Why aren't American workers paid what we're worth?"

[yurbud]

I get income inequality and agree it's a problem, but to those who don't follow politics and especially for those whose only source of information right wing talk radio and Fox News, "fixing" inequality sounds more than a little like giving hardworking people's money to layabouts.

By contrast, if you focus on how much more productive we have become and how many more hours we work, while our income went DOWN and corporate profits went UP, that is hard to deny as an issue of fairness.





"I made you more money, and you're paying me LESS?"

I don't know if this idea can be boiled down to as few words as "income inequality" but I bet some of you could come close.

Another advantage of this formulation is it can lead to seeing the need for a union. It's always better to get people to ask for something instead of you trying to sell it to them.

[One_Life_To_Give]

1. Bottom chart needs more history

In my opinion the bottom chart needs to go back to like 1945. Put more emphasis on the many years of productivity and wages being coupled. The bottom chart makes it appear they have always been divergent.

[yurbud]

2. good point. I didn't have a lot of time and that was the first one I saw that showed how top 1% did