Sorry about the delay. Internet connection was lost yesterday morning. I don't know if I'll still have it when I try to post this. Downloaded Firefox and tried to get a decent enlargement of that second graph but the larger I zoomed, the grainier it got, same as Safari. But... I'm not going to argue the graph or the stats. Stats are like a bikini, they show a lot but not everything. The reasons for the disparity could be something else. I think it is hasty to blame "trickle down" for it. I have seen "trickle down" work. It's not perfect or the be-all-end-all that the opposition seems to think it was supposed to be, when they denounce it but that is a common mistake in many rejections of free market economics. It's like me saying "there is no room for collectivism". I am a staunch advocate for "individualism" but we both know that there needs to be a balance between the two. Right now, the collectivists have increasingly more leverage when, to properly balance, the individual needs to have way more weight or protection, to balance the collective. The individual is the smallest minority. Trickle down has a role in our economy but it's not the whole economy. Trickle up has a role in our economy but it's not the whole economy. I am more concerned about the theft going on right under our noses. If the rich are the evil ones in all of this, then why doesn't that ever growing federal government do something? Because money talks and we know what walks. So, how do we fix that? Hand over even more power to the government? Or shrink the government back to it's Constitutional level while restoring the people's rights AND responsibilities. Government works best that governs the least. When there is less power in DC, this shit won't happen nearly as much, it won't be Utopia but it has happened before and it could be again.