I know many of my lovely followers are American so have a moment to take this in - 1% of America has 40% of all the nation's wealth and the bottom 80% (8 out of every 10 people) share 7% of the national wealth between them. While the richest 1% take home almost a quarter of the national income today, in 1976, they took home only 9%, meaning their share of income has nearly tripled in the last 30 years. The top 1% own half the country's stocks, bonds, and mutual funds. The bottom 50% of Americans own only half a percent of these investments, which means they aren't investing. They're just scraping by. Do you really believe that the CEO is working 380 times harder than his average employee? #educateyourself #knowthestats ✔Upworthy http://tinylink.in/1PQPY
