The wealth gap between America’s richest and poorer families more than doubled from 1989 to 2016, according to a @pewresearch analysis.

6 facts about economic inequality in the U.S.: https://t.co/VBHRkrh9cw pic.twitter.com/ORIsRleML7

— Katherine Schaeffer (@katschaeffer) February 7, 2020

Some 72% of wealth accumulated between 2009 and 2019 went to the richest 10% of households. The poorest 50% of households reaped only 2% of wealth gains.https://t.co/MG7uqMIRwo

— Jonnelle Marte (@Jonnelle) February 5, 2020

Sigh. Why is it these headlines don’t specify that the story is only referencing white people? The most left behind are African Americans and 3% consider themselves Republican. These same groups of white voters supported George Wallace. https://t.co/Gc7o0NarRC

— stuart stevens (@stuartpstevens) January 28, 2020

Social Mobility Index, 2020:

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You’re now more likely to move up economically in Denmark or Sweden than in America.

— Robert Reich (@RBReich) January 26, 2020

The 26 richest people on Earth now own as much as the 3.8 billion who form the poorer *half* of the planet’s population.

Again, 26 people own as much as 3.8 billion people.

26 v. 3,800,000,000

— Robert Reich (@RBReich) January 19, 2020

Your Monday morning reminder that the richest 0.1% of Americans now owns a bigger share of the pie than at any time since 1929, just before the Wall Street crash.

This can’t go on forever.

Tax the rich.

— Robert Reich (@RBReich) January 6, 2020

Lower-income Republicans are more likely than higher-income Republicans to say there’s too much economic inequality in the country today (48% vs. 34%). https://t.co/xUsKskZUkA

— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) January 13, 2020

Almost as soon as he got into office, Trump gave the 1% and massive corporations a massive tax cut.

If you want a president that addresses our country’s income inequality, he’s not your guy. https://t.co/j65wnVQz9l

— DNC War Room (@DNCWarRoom) January 12, 2020

The Dow soars, wages don’t.

Inequality in a nutshell. https://t.co/hD1g1y4uBk

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 12, 2020

Chart: Income inequality in the U.S. is rising and is the highest among G-7 countries. https://t.co/Hq9CwIbEjj pic.twitter.com/xldoTpLRLv

— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) January 11, 2020

The DOW:

2017 – 19819.78
2018 – 23,062.40
2019 – 28,583.44

– Gain of 44.2%

Median Household Income:

2017 – $62,626
2018 – $63,179
2019 – $63,688

– Gain of 1.6%

Mininum Wage:

2017: $7.25
2018: $7.25
2019: $7.25

– Gain of 0.0%

— Nick Jack Pappas (@Pappiness) January 10, 2020

The median income of U.S. households stood at $74,600 in 2018, 49% higher than its level in 1970, when the median income was $50,200. https://t.co/Hq9CwIbEjj

— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) January 10, 2020

1) Almost half of Americans don’t own stocks
2) 10% of Americans own 86% of all stocks
3) Only 32% of the workforce has a 401(k)
4) The stock market is not the economy
5) The deficit is exploding
6) You should be in prison https://t.co/0Newg9mPkW

— Andrew Weinstein (@Weinsteinlaw) January 9, 2020

Only U.S. families in the top 20% in terms of net worth have gained back the wealth lost during the Great Recession. https://t.co/5galjPVbj1

— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) January 9, 2020

Here's how much of their wealth the 10 richest Americans gave to charity in 2018:

Ellison: 0%

Page: 0%

Brin: 0%

Bezos: 0.1%

D. Koch: 0.1%

C. Koch: 0.5%

Zuckerberg: 0.7%

Bloomberg: 1.5%

Gates: 2.6%

Buffet: 3.9%

Billionaire philanthropy will not save us. Tax the rich.

— Public Citizen (@Public_Citizen) January 3, 2020

Fraction of all US wealth owned by Boomers & Gen-Xers when the average member of each was age 35:

Boomers, 1989 21%
GenX, 2008 8%

The average Millennial turns 35 in 2023. Right now they own 3%.

There will surely be political implications.https://t.co/j1pNrt8mll

— Kurt Andersen (@KBAndersen) November 24, 2019

The money left behind for middle-class Americans is dwarfed by that inherited by the children of the very wealthy https://t.co/aHw3dngNh1

— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) November 30, 2019