Fifteen signs American society is coming apart at the seams
Reposted from: http://ampedstatus.com/the-critical-unraveling-of-us-society
November 24, 2009 @ 9:28 am
1) The inequality of wealth in the United States is soaring to an unprecedented level. The U.S. already had the highest inequality of wealth in the industrialized world prior to the financial crisis. Since the crisis, which has hit the middle class and poor much harder than the top 1 percent, the gap between the top 1 percent and the remaining 99 percent of the U.S. population has grown to a record high.