Income Inequality
- U.S. Earners
- Top 50% get $33,000
- Top 25% get $67,000
- Top 10% get $113,800
- Top 5% get $159,600
- Top 1% get $380,000
Gini Index
- Shows the distribution of money
- 0 is best rating 100 is worst
- U.S. is a 45
- Best country is Sweden with a 23
- Worst is Lesotho with a 63.2
Lake Providence
- Most unequal place on Earth
- Rich and poor separated by a lake
The March on Washington
- Was for other civil rights
- For whites and blacks
- Poverty effects everything
7 ways to lessen gap
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