I just went to the US Treasury website. I do not find these statistics there. Could you please go there and pull up this info you have posted and paste the link in a reply?Once you do, I have some comments to make on this subject.
In the last three years, the income of the wealthiest .001% has increased by 600%, in other words, for every $10 million/year they were making before, they're now making $60 million/year.
Again, I'd like to see where you got this information. Please post your source. Once you do, I have some comments to make.
I read in another article that 5 of the 12 wealthiest individuals on earth are from the Walton family which owns Wal-Mart.
What article is this? What periodical is it in? Who wrote it? Please post your source and I'd be happy to make comments at that time.
At the same time, human resources staff for Wal-Mart, when they hire a new employee, will routinely complete paperwork for new hires to receive foodstamps, as the wages they pay their workers are so low that, even as full-time employees, they are assured of falling below the poverty level and qualifying for foodstamps
This is a lie. Why would you say this?
I've got some news for you. When you're young, just out of school, life's tough, typically you work for lower wages. When you have 20 years under your belt, some experience and confidence, things start looking up. When I was your age I used to look at those old men driving Corvettes and think, "Why is it that anyone that can afford such a spiffy car has to be old and wrinkled?" It's always been thus.
We live in a country where, if you want to be a gazillionaire you can. You just have to work hard for it. You can't stand around waiting for it to drop in your lap. It takes hard work. I've found that money doesn't bring near the satisfaction that comes from love, friendship, good health and kindness. I don't even want to be a gazzillionaire. Do you?
As a poliscience major, do you think you were maybe just a touch brainwashed? Do you think perhaps you were taught to be envious of others good fortune?
There is nothing more injurious to you as a person than to covet what another has. Until you look at what you DO have and are grateful for it, you are destined to live a life of lack, resentment and unhappiness. I'll give you right here and now the secret of happiness: You are what you think. Your life is a direct reflection of your thoughts.
Change your thoughts, change your life.