America's 'Wealth Pie', What's Your Share? Rising Gap Between Rich & Poor, Wealth Inequality 50 Yrs

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- *WATCH* CBS News Mornings, Jan. 31, 2020. The growing gap between rich and poor Americans is one of the U.S.’s biggest challenges, with the top 1% controlling more wealth now than at any time in the last 50 years.

A recent survey found that over half the country thinks it’s a problem, though most people might not know exactly what wealth inequality looks like. Tony Dokoupil speaks to Americans to see if they know what their “share of the pie” looks like.

~ A visual graphic of the shrinking US Middle Class in the last 30-40 years would also be effective and easy to do.

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1. Too tiny to see.

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2. Sub-crumbs

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3. Something like that!

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4. We've been trickled on for 50 years

Turns out, a rising tide drowns people who don't own yachts.

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5. Amen, the ugly truth