Suddenly the already wealthy were reaping all the benefits. While other stories held our attention, that trend continued for 30 years. |
The only group growing faster than millionaires these days is the uninsured. |
These inequalities have happened in other countries - imperial France or some banana republic - but for 200 years we were the land of opportunity. |
We [in the U.S.] are more unequal than any developed nation in the world today. |
We have entrusted our health care system to for-profit companies. |
While the United States remains a spectacularly rich country by any standard, we are drifting toward a Third-World-like distribution of our riches. For tens of millions of Americans, the alternative to unemployment has become a dead-end job that doesn't necessarily pay enough to cover basic living expenses. |