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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: koan who wrote (757974)12/15/2013 6:28:22 PM
From: puborectalis  Read Replies (4) of 1577781
 
One of the most challenging and important issues in the U.S. right now is the rise of income inequality.

The country's highest earners are taking home a bigger percentage of the national income than ever before.

This trend is hurting the economy — because the middle class consumers who spend most of the money in the economy don't have much money to spend. And middle-class folks are understandably frustrated about that.

At the same time, in part because of this rising income disparity, the country's highest earners are paying the lion's share of the nation's income taxes.

The highest earners are understandably frustrated about that.

Read more: businessinsider.com
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