Cons, don't these graphs explain what is actually wrong with our country?

Question

http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/02/income-inequality-in-america-chart-graph

And it's not Obama's fault.

Answer 1

For those attacking the website

Have fun with the sources



http://www.econ.berkeley.edu/~saez/TabFig2008.xls



http://www.levyinstitute.org/pubs/wp_589.pdf



http://www.cbo.gov/publications/collections/tax/2010/all_tables.pdf



http://www.people.hbs.edu/mnorton/norton%20ariely%20in%20press.pdf



http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/oss/oss2/2007/scf2007home.html



http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/overview.php?type=W&year=2009&filter=C



http://www.levyinstitute.org/pubs/wp_589.pdf



http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ACSSAFFFacts?_event=&geo_id=01000US&_geoContext=01000US&_street=&_county=&_cityTown=&_state=&_zip=80247&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010&_submenuId=factsheet_1&ds_name=DEC_2000_SAFF&_ci_nbr=null&qr_name=null®=&_keyword=&_industry=



http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=01000US&-ds_name=PEP_2009_EST&-mt_name=PEP_2009_EST_G2009_T001



http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2010/11/congressional-members-personal-weal.html

Answer 2

Faith is a very private and personal thing, between you and what you believe, a huge majority are born into a religion because it is part of their culture, I mean some countries are ran on their religion. like Iran an Islamic state the laws of the land are through what is written in their Qu' ran. That is how the vast majority are Muslim in that country, the eat sleep and breathe it, there is no escape, so to me, and no disrespect to Iranians they are kind of brain washed...they have not been giving the freedom to choose another, and they apparently if they leave Islam the families disown them and turn there backs on them. This is claimed as culture, I say it's dictatorship at it's worse. Now, in some parts of Africa the culture is to circumcise women, and they also run there town village based on the Qu'ran yet is say's nothing about females being circumcised, so that is purley ignorance and again not being able to choose or research anything but what they are told. Real faith is something that you have found yourself not something that has been shoved down your throat and forced upon yourself and made to believe. So no God wont punnish anyone being so called born in the wrong country, but what he did do is give you a brain to make a choice and stand up to what you really believe...

Answer 3

And the corporate tea party candidates have them fooled into thinking it's the unions fault. Or welfare. Blame the poor or middle class, throw in some "moral" objectives, and sit back and watch us eat each other up as the rich(er) laugh at us from their penthouses. America is not broke, the money is just in the hands of the top 1% and they've got really tight fists.

Answer 4

I don’t like attacking sources, because even though this source is obviously biased, it doesn’t mean that the information is incorrect. However, it is very clear that most of these graphs are complete straw man arguments, and many of them lack any real relevance in regards to their point. For example, the net worth of congressman/women that voted to extend the Bush Tax cuts. Their net worth isn’t what is being taxed, it is their annual income. Most of these people were already rich when they came into office. Also, the “Share of Federal Tax Revenue” graph failed to mention that most of the individual income tax that is being paid, is done so by the “super rich,” and 47% of American workers didn’t pay a dime in income tax in 2010 (after getting their returns). Just because you want to believe this argument, doesn’t make it true.

Answer 5

I'm not a Con but I can count. That much wealth in the to 10% just sitting in bank vaults cannot be good for any economy.

Answer 6

Those graphs show a consequence, not a root problem.

The reason the fat cats are so fat is because we the People are mindless, ignorant, hateful, easily-distracted, materialistic IDIOTS who gladly work as indentured servants to said fat cats in exchange for TGI Friday's Spicy Frozen Cheese Danglers.

Answer 7

I don't see why you direct this toward cons. neither party has any interest in these facts that have been developing for the last 50 years. Pointing fingers at one party does nothing to solve the problems.

Answer 8

I noticed those charts stop at 2009. That is the year Obama took office. HOW CONVENIENT!



Let's see the charts SINCE THEN!

Answer 9

Mother Jones?



Have you considered using a real source? No wonder you're so screwed up.



If you can't take the time to get statistics from legitimate sources, you will be duped by everyone with an issue to grind. How can any human being abdicate their thinking processes to total strangers?

Answer 10

there's no way in hell I'm going to sit through an advertisement for ED SCHULTZ before i can see your link.



Mother Jones is NOT a reliable source.

Answer 11

You put up Mother Jones as a source, but let me put up Fox News as a source, and WHAT WILL YOU SAY...?