Wealth Inequality Buff Mugs

"Here's the thing. . . if we give poor people too much, rich people will long longer run the country."

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

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

"When I said that if only poor people worked a little harder they might get some money, I didn't mean my money."

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

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

"The problem with capitalism is the unequal sharing of wealth. The problem with socialism is the equal sharing of wealth..."

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!

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

How Trickle Down Economics Work

Oil in Nigeria.

Ryan Crossing

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

Oligarchy

The rich, the poor and the terrorist...

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

Surveys and economic interests

'Enough of this trickle-down stuff. I say let it trickle up for a while.'

"I'm worried about one minority group becoming extinct. . . billionaires!"

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."

'The purpose of government is to protect me from him.'

'Class Warfare!'

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

"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."

Corona Vaccine

Shared Poverty

The Distribution of Wealth in the United States Expressed as Peanut Butter in a Sandwich.

"Who would ever have guessed that there'd be a golden age of debt?"

Got Customers?

"Social distancing? That's avoiding the poor people isn't it?"

"...and many thanks to the public and politicians who made and still make the Paradise Papers Scandal possible. Allowing me to live a worry-free life at the expense of the taxpayer."

Economic theory office with two boxes on desk - 'the rich get richer' and 'the poor get poorer'.

First Class Waiting Room

Trickle Down Economy?