CHARTS: Here’s What The Wall Street Protesters Are So Angry About….
The problem in a nutshell is this: Inequality in this country has hit a level that has been seen only once in the nation’s history, and unemployment has reached a level that has been seen only once since the Great Depression. And, at the same time, corporate profits are at a record high.
then there are nice graphs that explain unemployment, corporate profits, banks – the bailout and lending. One thing that isn’t discussed in this article is how this wealth gap relates to our political processes, but i’m sure language and facts will be forthcoming in the future.
Posted in: Capitalism, Democracy, Occupy Honolulu, Occupy Wall Street, Politics, Privilege&Oppression
anon
October 13, 2011
i think you copy and pasted the wrong video in…its an ad for thompson reuters as of now.
Jamie.Marie
October 13, 2011
dammit!
Jamie.Marie
October 13, 2011
when i click the link it goes to an article (which i pulled the excerpt from) with a link below that says “click here to see what protesters are so angry about” which goes into the graphs…