"The One Percent"

[berniepdx420]

This 80-minute documentary focuses on the growing "wealth gap" in America, as seen through the eyes of filmmaker Jamie Johnson, a 27-year-old heir to the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical fortune.

[cali]

1. Fascinating. I'm only five minutes in and I'm hooked. Thanks.

[berniepdx420]

2. Yw.. I was hooked too.. this is election is going to rock the world

[Betty Karlson]

3. Astounding!

Thanks for the link.

[Electric Monk]

4. This is pre-2008 crash, even. It's from 2006. Also, it got a 7/10 on imdb. (k&r)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0819791/

[berniepdx420]

5. Did you watch it? Do you think the 1% has changed much since 2006

[Electric Monk]

6. The chasm has widened in the past decade

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wealth_inequality_in_the_United_States

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wealth_inequality_in_the_United_States#/media/File:If-us-land-mass-were-distributed-like-us-wealth.png

[berniepdx420]

7. Agreed

[Electric Monk]

8. Here's another related video: Rich people don't create jobs

and calling them "job creators" is disingenuous.

[berniepdx420]

9. +420