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To: Steve Lokness who wrote (210333)	12/3/2012 9:19:22 PM
From: T L Comiskey	Respond to of 543626

re... America is one of the least socialistic countries in the world. Except when..they need a helping hand.... ........................................................................................ BTW.......this was a Progressive's election........jtf politicususa.com Wealth inequality is as extreme today as it was during the Great Depression years. In real terms, the wealthy hold the majority of this nation’s wealth and income. The problem in this country is mass disillusionment. In a recent study by Duke and Harvard University they found many Americans believe that the top 20% of our nation’s wealthiest own 60% of the wealth. The real figure is the top 20% own 84% of our nation’s wealth and it is increasing every year. When the respondents were asked to pick an unlabeled pie chart “How much shouldthe top 20% own?” 92% of them preferred the Swedish model of income distribution over the current American economic model. The Swedish economic model, which is the top 20% own 36% of the nation’s wealth.