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[quote=TheManWithAUsername][quote=Anonymous]NP. I agree. Although the plumber/trash collector/teacher has less schooling and should make less, its an issue of how much of a difference.

From wikipedia...
Just about every socio-economic indicator shows that the distribution of income in the United States is becoming increasingly unequal. In 2010, the top 20% of Americans earned 49.4% of the nation’s income, compared with the 3.4% earned by the roughly 15% of the population living below the poverty line. This earnings ratio of 14.5 to 1 was an increase from the 13.6 to 1 ratio in 2008 and a significant rise from the historic low of 7.69 to 1 in 1968. Looking back even further to 1915, an era in which the Rockefellers and Carnegies dominated American industry, the richest 1% of Americans earned roughly 18% of all income. Today, the top 1% account for 24% of all income.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_inequality_in_the_United_States
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And the overwhelming majority of Americans - regardless of ideology - would prefer it to be more equitable here:
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/09/25/poll-wealth-distribution-similar-sweden/[/quote]

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