February 16, 2011

$20,000 hotel room for 137 years?

The wealth gap is even greater than the income gap, which is reaching record levels in America once again. The numbers are mind-numbing: I mean really, who knows what a Billion dollars really is anyway?

Well, a billion would buy you a hotel room at $20,000/night ... for 137 years.

Check out some other indicators of wealth maldistribution, then join some group somewhere that is challenging the greed of Wall Street and corporate CEOs, demand fair taxes and the good jobs and strong communities that America needs.

Here is Robert Reich's proposal for making the wealthy pay their share, which should be taken seriously.

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