Spoonman
Gold Member
- Jul 15, 2010
- 18,163
- 7,661
- 330
WASHINGTON (AP) From the White House to the Vatican to the business elite in Davos, Switzerland, one issue keeps seizing the agenda: the growing gap between the very wealthy and everyone else.
It's "the defining challenge of our time," says President Barack Obama, who will spotlight the issue in his State of the Union address Tuesday night.
For the poorest 20 percent of families, it's dropped. Incomes for the highest-earning 1 percent of Americans soared 31 percent from 2009 through 2012,
and we didn't want to elect Romney because liberals told us he would favor the 1% and the rich would get richer
It's "the defining challenge of our time," says President Barack Obama, who will spotlight the issue in his State of the Union address Tuesday night.
For the poorest 20 percent of families, it's dropped. Incomes for the highest-earning 1 percent of Americans soared 31 percent from 2009 through 2012,
and we didn't want to elect Romney because liberals told us he would favor the 1% and the rich would get richer