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Old 09-29-2009, 10:55 AM
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Default The Gap Between the Rich and the Poor grows....

My city is one of the cities listed in this article where the inequality is the highest. This is probably why I am a bit leery of the neauvou trendy boutiques.

US income gap widens as poor take hit in recession - Yahoo! Finance
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Old 09-29-2009, 11:29 AM
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Interesting read. Thanks for posting that.
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Old 09-29-2009, 11:35 AM
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This doesn't suprise me...
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Old 09-29-2009, 01:08 PM
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It's the oldest story there is. And it's only going to get worse.
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Old 09-29-2009, 01:23 PM
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Indeed there are quite a few example of the income having widened in the recent past. It always surprises me when people don't think it's true.
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Old 09-29-2009, 01:25 PM
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Recent? It's been trending that way since 1970.
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Old 09-29-2009, 01:32 PM
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Well technically the sharp increase of wage inequality started at about 1980. And in 1998 the gap increased even more sharply. I would go ahead and say that 1980 is fairly recent . Hell the previous time we had this type of inequality was the late 1920s.
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