[zencat]

As if the gap defines wealth or standard of living. Compare the "poor" in this nation to the real poor in others. Poverty in America can only be self-created.

[Rakkasan1]

[discostu]

A natural mathematical function of a growing economy and growing wealth of the people is a growing gap between rich and poor. Can't be helped.

[tahiti]

"data show that the top 1 percent of the population received 11.4 percent of national after-tax income in 2002, points out Isaac Shapiro of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities in a new study. That's up from a 7.5 percent share in 1979. By contrast, the middle fifth of the population saw its share of national after-tax income fall over that same period of time, from 16.5 to 15.8."

Received??? Share???

Whatever happened to EARNED.

Such Marxist, communist, socialist bias by the author.

[Polybius]

Every time you double the income of a population, the difference between the upper income group and the lower income group widens.

In dirt-power societies, there is no wealth gap.

If Bill Gates is worth billions, that does not affect my wealth. If the Government decides it must regulate how much wealth a person can earn, that affects the economic freedom we all have and that does affect my wealth.

[thegreatbeast]

I saw somewhere that some 40% of Americans live under the $34,00 (on the family of four scale). That's astounding considering the fact that so many families have more than one person out in the workforce.
It really brings home the obscenity of the worst executive salaries.

[xcamel]

The "Alive/Dead" gap is pretty huge too - and L Ron Hubbard - still dead.

[sageb1]

Greenspan is rightfully pointing out that something is dreadfully wrong with our education system. The liberals do not want to hear this and would prefer to say that he is ignoring other issues. They are looking for a way to Deanspin this into a class warfare issue. Greenspan is right. The public education experiment has failed. It's time to let go and move on to something that works.

[tickmeister]

The solution is for the poor to get their collective thumbs out of their butts, get to work, and earn more.

[groanup]

Rich poor gap my a$$. Class warfare, period:

http://www.freedomkeys.com/gap.htm

[Huck]

I've got an uncle from Tennessee, raised up in Alabama, a big time gun rights guy, sort of a libertarian I guess. He's been going on about this income gap thing. He's disgruntled due to real bad chronic heart problems, a failed marriage, an insolent child, trouble paying medical bills or staying employed. I guess we can only take so much of a beating. Income gaps aren't my beef. I think much bigger than that. My beefs are death and pain. But Epictetus teaches me to try not to concern myself with those things, because I cannot control them. But income gaps? The CEO of my company makes like 23 million a year plus perks. And yet, I sorta feel like I'm getting one over on em for making what I make, which is a decent 5 figure income. I'm happy with my lifestyle, so I don't have an economic axe to grind. I guess that's why my enemies are those hard to accept, out of my control aspects of life: death and pain.

[Mister Baredog]

Gag me

[spinestein]

That "barf" thing is REALLY NASTY.

I think I'd prefer to see the "Aw Jeeeez" guy instead.

:^)

[mr_hammer]

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