Income Inequality

One chart that shows how much worse income inequality is in America than Europe https://t.co/cMjFw2O8kX

— Vox (@voxdotcom) July 29, 2018

How does it happen that the U.S. has the highest level of income and wealth inequality and the… https://t.co/8nCIBXRVzg

— Baltimore Fiber (@BmoreFiber) July 8, 2018

Yet I am fairly certain inequality in *region* increased. Much of the income growth comes from surrounding counties. Segregation, lack of transit to opportunity, education (and resultant high crime) are all factors keeping the region from going to top spot h/t @briangaither https://t.co/nzlUKgjf9b

— Eric Karl Hontz (@eric_hontz) July 3, 2018

Get caught up on these two smart pieces about how the U.S. is being divided into 2 classes: Those whose days are increasingly affected by systemic issues that drive inequality, and those at the top who can ignore it all.https://t.co/wL6WugjkKh

— Haley Britzky (@halbritz) May 19, 2018

A report prepared by the staff of Representative @keithellison, released on Wednesday, reveals U.S. CEOs get paid 339 times more than their employees: https://t.co/hxsBfvqknv pic.twitter.com/TKd1CopqAj

— Paste Magazine (@PasteMagazine) May 16, 2018

As if economic inequality isn’t terrible enough, here’s how much worse the GOP tax scam makes it.https://t.co/mIRWRXpuA2

— NextGen America (@NextGenAmerica) February 27, 2018

“The American Dream is rapidly becoming the American Illusion, as the U.S. … now has the lowest rate of social mobility of any of the rich countries.” https://t.co/ThJiDQdE9x

— Philipp Liesenhoff (@P_Liesenhoff) December 25, 2017

Historically, voting rights🗳 and middle class prosperity🏘 expanded together.

Today 30,000 ppl (0.01%) "give" 80% of US political party funds (@leedrutman). Reverse-Robin-Hood💸 and voting restriction🚫 policies advancing together.

Coincidence?🤔https://t.co/zIYVxLPOaZ

— Byron Auguste (@byron_auguste) July 28, 2018

Does it concern anyone else that on wealth inequality that America is now more in line with authoritarian nations like Russia and China, than nations like Britain and France? And also fact inequity has worsened each year since 1980 in US. pic.twitter.com/vQQZNV1BLE

— Matthew Dowd (@matthewjdowd) December 20, 2017