Five Facts About America's Pathological Wealth Distribution

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30. It's nice to see such a large swath of America isn't in Wall St.

Probably not by choice in most cases but I'll take what I can get. I hope those people don't despair and realize that they are doing more for the children and grandchildren of tomorrow than those in the stock market could ever hope to do.
Choosing not to live a life in servitude to Lockheed, Wal-Mart & BP is the only choice a liberal has. Many hope to work 40 hours a week, if not more, for those doing the most critical damage to our warming planet. Choose to have funds deducted from each hour of service to support the ends of Monsanto and Apple over Redwood trees and less acidic oceans. Prefer the profits from helping the 1% rape what little is left of our planet to actually living a life that benefits all people, that leads people out of servitude and slave labor, that puts a higher value on nature and wildlife than dividends and ROI.
They don't give money to the stock market to get back nothing. They give because they want to share in the proceeds. They give because they know the more money Wall St has, the more it can grease palms and deregulate what limited environmental protections we have to make a quick buck. Heck, they may even speak publicly like they actually consider climate change to be a problem but in private they are investing and hoping for more wealth for themselves and a less hospitable world to all life as a legacy.