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The Whiskey Priest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-02-06 06:42 PM
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Did Anyone Hear BBC—USA ranking on wealth distribution?
If I heard correctly, in the industrialized countries only Russia and Mexico were worse than the USA in the gap between the Rich and the middle-class; the USA ranked 28th out of 30 countries.

Did anyone hear this it was during the segment: Is the American Dream Dead.
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BlueEyedSon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-02-06 06:53 PM
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1. Not surprising, the rich have been working real hard at making it happen.
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Tom Yossarian Joad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-02-06 06:55 PM
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2. Shhhh. It's a secret. We arent' supposed to know this.
(Want to hear the new national anthem? http://www.mwscomp.com/sounds/mp3/money.mp3 )

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Little Star Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-02-06 07:07 PM
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3. To bad our sorry ass media doesn't
tell the american public. sigh....
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Raine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-02-06 07:22 PM
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4. It's a disgrace but
it's the middle class who keeps voting in idiots like chimp and doesn't connect the dots that they are being squeezed out.
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greatauntoftriplets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-02-06 07:32 PM
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5. My European relatives live extremely well....
They travel all the time, have nice houses and cars. I believe that we are 28th.
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Inland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-02-06 07:53 PM
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6. Suck on it, Mexico! Russia, eat our dust! USA USA USA USA nt
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nemo137 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-02-06 10:47 PM
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7. Our Gini Index is on par with places like Khazakstan.
We have staggeringly high wealth inequality.

"Well, that means the American Dream is working, and people are able to get right beyong they're imaginings!"
"Yeah, true, but it also means that alot of people are sleeping rough and you have children starving within sight of those incredbily rich."
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