The bottom 99% of wage earners in the United States lost 0.4% of their income between 2009 and 2011. The top 1% gained 11.2%. So the one percent grabbed 121% of the income gains from the so-called recovery. Can America afford much more recovery like this?
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Economy; income disparity; ruins; tour bus; tour guide; camera; ruins; Washington DC; collapse; civilization; column; Roman forum; Washington Monument; fiscal collapse; capitalism; unfairness; injustice; class warfare