The occupy groups must stress the income inequality and here is why

[Maraya1969]

First off I was in downtown Fort Myers today and a protest came by on another street saying, "We are the 99%" What I heard from most people is that they did not know what that meant. And one woman, (I was told) yelled to them to get a job. I did my best to explain the situation of income disparity right there to whoever would listen.

Second a friend of mine finally came to the realization a couple nights ago that she worked at Walmart 25 years ago and made about $8.50 and now she works at Walgreens, (consistent work period) and makes $10.50. She finally realized that she was getting screwed. I did not have the CEO salary for Walgreens at the top of my information but I should have. I found out he makes $2.25 salary plus bonus. I'm going to make sure all the friends I have at my local Walmart know how much their CEO makes.

That is what the Occupy movement is about as far as I am concerned. People are becoming poorer and poorer and the top 1% are earning money exponentially, (remember just a few years ago they talked about the Kochs as having 5 billion between the 2 of them and now they have 50 billion?). This is what happens when you obtain that kind of wealth. It multiplies faster than most of us can even imagine.

Here is a link to several of the charts. I think these charts should be printed out and shared far and wide. I am going to do my part to print out and distribute selective charts. I think the one where the top 1% flies in the air in red monetary wonder while the rest of us straggle down toward the base of the chart is perfect. I think this is the message. Too many people do not understand this yet.

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

[MindMover]

1. Here is another chart.....

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/41483660@N04/6164014014/" title="web-image-f55baca9dac2a9301ee8ef3172e224b1 by pbmus, on Flickr"><img src="" width="493" height="468" alt="web-image-f55baca9dac2a9301ee8ef3172e224b1"></a>

[midnight]

2. looks like deregulation of banks brought us back to the great depression.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

4. One of the biggest deregulations, signed by Bill Clinton, and I still haven't a clue why. nt

[lbrtbell]

5. He's a neo-liberal, that's why

Look it up on Wikipedia and Google. You'll have all the answers you need. :(

[Sarah Ibarruri]

10. I know. I was SO disappointed by the Democrats that were elected AFTER Raygun.

They were all pseudo-Democrats. More Republican than Democrat. :( I have zero patience for unbridled capitalism Democrats. There's so little lib in there, that I have trouble calling them Democrats. :(

[Sarah Ibarruri]

3. That's exactly what it is. nt

[phasma ex machina]

6. That's a great chart for showing how workers get screwed. Thanks for sharing. nt

[sam11111]

7. charts of problem and of solution

http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/2010041625/13-ways-90-percent-top-tax-rate-fixes-economy

[sam11111]

8. data

Top 1% have $16 trillion

(link was included as part of daily KOS)

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The Wealth Report
Plutonomics ...
By Robert Frank, Wall Street Journal - Jan 8, 2007

... The nation’s top 1% of households own .... more than $16 trillion in wealth ...
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The top 10% have $33 trillion
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73.1%.....is the percent of all US wealth now in the hands of the top ten percent of people.
( 45 trillion being the total wealth...though some estimates put it as high as 155 trillion...see Federal Reserve site)

In short:

The 1%have .....................$16 trillion.

The top 10% have............. $33 trillion.

[phasma ex machina]

9. Some say the wealthiest central bankster family (Rothschild) has HUNDREDS of TRILLIONS.

Zerohedge says:

$707,568,901,000,000: How (And Why) Banks Increased Total Outstanding Derivatives By A Record $107 Trillion In 6 Months

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/707568901000000-how-and-why-banks-increased-total-outstanding-derivatives-record-107-trillion-6

Somebody's got to own all those hundreds of trillions, no?

[TacoD]

11. Hundreds of Trillions? Tell me more. (nt)

[phasma ex machina]

12. The Rothschild family

"The Rothschild family, known as The House of Rothschild, or more simply as the Rothschilds, is a Jewish-German family that established European banking and finance houses starting in the late 18th century. Five lines of the Austrian branch of the family have been elevated to Austrian nobility being given hereditary baronies of the Habsburg Empire by Emperor Francis II in 1816. The British branch of the family was elevated to British nobility at the request of Queen Victoria. It has been argued that during the 19th century, the family possessed by far the largest private fortune in the world as well as by far the largest fortune in modern world history."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rothschild_family

Although "possessed by far the largest private fortune in the world" leaves an impression of a bygone era it seems quite reasonable that to this very day the family headed by Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild continues to possess the largest private fortune in the world.