| The public?s revulsion isn?t mindless class hatred. As Obama said: ?We don?t disparage wealth. We don?t begrudge anybody for achieving success.? But we do know that the system has been fixed for too long. The gaping income inequality of the past decade ? the top 1% of America?s earners received more than 20% of the total national income ? has not been seen since the run-up to the Great Depression. |
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Amanda Lang was a wonderful member of the Opednews team, and the first volunteer editor, for a good number of years being a senior editor. She passed away summer 2014.