Wealth Disparity Gifts

Reinforced Concrete

"What's wrong, girl? Trouble? Rachel can't decide which private school to attend?" "Upper West Side Lassie"

"...and the asparagus this evening is delightful. It's been simmering all day in the tears of the poor."

The unacceptable face of capitalism

'How could the government possibly afford a guaranteed annual income? As I see it, the average family needs at least $125,000 per year.'

Step - Businessman/Poverty.

'Sharing you knowledge of basic economics again, sir...You're a giver sir.'

". . . And may I ask . . . who's crawling?"

"No, of course there isn't, 'one law for the rich and another for the poor'... There's no law for the poor."

Flat tax - equal burden?

"Comparing our salaries with the workers' salaries makes me cry...with laughter!"

'The rich get richer, but what do the poor get?'

'The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. That's a wonderful mission statement.'

"I have my pants put on one leg at a time."

People, please listen. I'm talkin 'bout the income gap. The top one percent of Americans get one third of the nation's income, over double what they got in 1980. One-third. The income for the top 0.01% is 196 times the bottom 90%. Your wages have stagnated and the super-duper rich have gotten super-duper richer! How can you possibly swallow your coffee? Because you're making me do math before noon!

The hourglass figure of economic injustice.

"Life isn't fair, and that's what makes it fun."

Beggar tosses money to the 1%.

Oil in Nigeria.

"I worry that we're headed for a future where you won't be able to earn three hundred times the salary of your lowest paid worker."

Oxfam report shows the 8 richest men as much wealth as the poorer half of humanity.

Rebuilding the Economy.

"Looks like charity is the transfer of money from poor people in rich counties to rich people in poor countries."

"Sir - it appears you and a few others have 98% of all the money that presently exists in America...nobody has the money to buy anything."

Ryan Crossing

The rich, the poor and the terrorist...

Surveys and economic interests

Trickle down

Growing inequality

The Poor Man Donating Love to the Rich

"We'll discuss the ethics of the matter if you're sure you want to open that can of worms."

'Wow, they certainly know how to hide their poverty!'

'Class Warfare!'

Corona Vaccine

"Let's face it, Tom. A society that's paying its Frank Sinatras and Johnny Carsons more than its yous and mes is out of whack."