Thursday, December 5, 2013

Income Inequality: "The Challenge of Our Time" That Everyone's Ignoring.

Yesterday, President Obama made a much lauded speech calling out income inequality as "the challenge of our time" and he may be right...what's confusing many, though, is the fact that income inequality has gotten far worse since the recession and that so much time has been spent on policies that don't seem connected whatsoever to this fixing monumental challenge and may, in fact, make it worse. Take a look as The Federalist delves a bit deeper into the POTUS' comments and takes a look at how the middle/lower classes have actually faired...
http://thefederalist.com/2013/12/05/obamas-shallow-inequality-speech-presidency-might/#disqus_thread

and click that link right above the graphs if you want to see some staggering stats on poverty and its relation to single-parent homes...

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