The income disparity figures listed here are from a speech by Sen. Bernie Sanders, an Independent U.S. Senator from Vermont. These are statistics that he mentioned in the U.S. Senate.
The top 300,000 Americans make more $ than the bottom 150,000,000. The top 1% make more than the bottom 50% The top 1/10th of 1% had increase of 4.4 million dollars each in 2005 Top 400 people worth 1.54 TRILLION dollars in 2005 That's up 290 billion from the previous year We have 18% of our children in poverty; which is the highest of any developed country.
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