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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe UK has the worst income inequality in the world except for the US.
The corporate media is presenting the Brexit vote as all about immigration. It is about a lot more than that. Globalization is destroying the middle class.
uponit7771
(90,335 posts).... and its UE3 rate was at 5%.
There economy is NOT hurting like the rest of the smalle EU countries...
This was enough about immigration to stoke tribalist votes
snooper2
(30,151 posts)but don't let that change your narrative!
closeupready
(29,503 posts)to enslave their constituencies.
DavidDvorkin
(19,475 posts)In that list, the US is at the bottom and the UK is second to the bottom. But that's because the list is alphabetical.
Instead, look at the list at the following URL. Britain does rather well, and the US isn't too bad, either.
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2013/12/19/global-inequality-how-the-u-s-compares/
muriel_volestrangler
(101,311 posts)The EU was a moderating influence on those right wingers who look to the USA for ideas. The EU enforces some pro-worker regulations, which people like Boris Johnson, Michael Gove and Iain Duncan Smith will get rid of.
http://tuc.org.uk/EUref