solitarygrower
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What scares me is the ever increasing wealth inequality, and what it mean for the future.
Inequalities statistics: (from a year ago, the USA - but the trend is global):
The richest 1% takes a quarter of ALL national income (24%).
In 1966 it was only 9% which means it has nearly trippeled the last 30 years.
The CEO makes 380 X the AVERAGE workers pay (not the "janitor", the AVERAGE worker). This means the average worker needs to work a whole month, to make what the CEO makes in one HOUR.
I guess the CEO works 400 times as hard :-\
Inequalities statistics: (from a year ago, the USA - but the trend is global):
The richest 1% takes a quarter of ALL national income (24%).
In 1966 it was only 9% which means it has nearly trippeled the last 30 years.
The CEO makes 380 X the AVERAGE workers pay (not the "janitor", the AVERAGE worker). This means the average worker needs to work a whole month, to make what the CEO makes in one HOUR.
I guess the CEO works 400 times as hard :-\