Income distribution in the US from 1969 - Almost all growth went to the very wealthiest 1%

[TheBigotBasher]

from Reddit
http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/hmoj7/handy_infographic_i_made_of_22_statistics/

[Donnachaidh]

1. kick and frigging REC!

:kick:

[BrklynLiberal]

2. horrifyingly disturbing is the mildest description I can muster....

That is an incredible and impressive collection of data. ItT should be published all over this country, if not the world.


The Red states in particular need to see the reality of what the hell is going on in this country.


Makes me want to say "Where are we going? And why are we in this handbasket?"

Those stats about the US rankings in the world make me want to puke....

[pnorman]

3. K&R!!!!!!!!

(For all the valuable info as well as links)

[xchrom]

4. Look around here & you'll see plenty of DUers extolling

The virtues of jobs @ mcdonalds.

We have a SERIOUS disconnect.

[Pale Blue Dot]

6. I agree 100%. nt

[NNN0LHI]

10. They do that because they know a good percentage of Americans are stupid enough to buy into it

Wouldn't work otherwise.

Don

[Harmony Blue]

12. No kidding

I think they underestimate what it does to the rest of the workforce.

[Laelth]

5. Excellent post. Bookmarked. k&r n/t

Laelth

[kentuck]

7. Bookmarked

for future reference purposes

[krispos42]

8. I'll be extensively stealing these graphs tonight

In the mean time, here's one I found and drew on to show what would have happened if Reaganomics hadn't happened.

[femrap]

9. Big K and R

Thank you for all of your research. I appreciate it. Bookmarked.

[HughBeaumont]

11. K & R. But wait, THERE'S MORE!

USA! USA! USA! USA!!

[xchrom]

13. Recommend