Income inequality in the U.S. is the worst it's been since the 1920s. This morning's NYT had an Op-Ed column by Stephen Rattner with facts and figures for comparison with other countries:
http://www.nytimes.com/....
The story isn't just income, but the impact of government policies and tax structure: these, incredibly, made the whole situation worse. Low taxes (especially for the well-to-do), poor services for everybody else. We have, in short, a systemic redistribution system, taking monies FROM the bottom 90% and redistributing it TO the top 10%. Read it and weep, and spread the word: THIS is why electing Republicans is a bad idea.
But I'm also reminded -- by George Lakoff's 2nd edition of DON'T THINK OF AN ELEPHANT -- that the facts alone won't necessarily persuade (although RWNJs' denial of the facts is itself a monumental issue). We need to take back the discourse and move it away from the "job creators" myth of trickle-down to wide recognition of "wage theft" and "plundering the public treasury." That's what this is really all about, and has been so for a couple of decades. It's what all the obfuscation and invented scandals keep from every getting discussed.
My first diary: forgive me if I've botched something ...
