As we continue to elect policy makers who drastically favor the rich, and whose goal in life is to strengthen hierarchies, the gap between the rich and the poor just widens.
As an example, we are all subsidizing the employees of Wal-Mart while their profits soar and the family members who own Wal-Mart just climb up the world's most wealthy list.
Here is a good summary of where we have been in this country, and where we are now:
http://www.alternet.org/economy/4-numbers-prove-america-deeply-messed-place
