Brutal Recession Destroyed Americans' Wealth, Net Worth Down 40% In 3 Years (Forbes)

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17. Kenny, this is one of the most righteous

summations I have read of the utter unfairness and even brutality of all the so-called rescue efforts.

Some other statistics to help make your effort even more concrete: 46 million Americans are currently at or below the poverty line. 50 million Americans are receiving food stamps and roughly 50 million lack any health insurance whatsoever. At the same time, 1% of the country's population controls 40% of the wealth and 10% controls 80% of the wealth. The 6 Walton heirs (heirs to the WalMart fortune) control as much wealth between them as THE BOTTOM 30 MILLION AMERICANS. Nothing, not one thing, has been done to reverse any of these numbers. And, as your post makes clear, the situtation is getting worse.

Hope you will consider fashioning an OP out of your reply. If the Democratic Party wants to engage in pathetic, petit bourgois efforts to 'manage' its way out of this crisis of capitalism, then it deserves not to hold power, imho. Better the iron fist of fascism than an iron fist concealed within a velvet glove. At least then we know who our enemies are.