35 mind Blowing Facts about Inequality

http://www.alternet.org/economy/35-mind-blowing-facts-about-inequality?akid=13299.294211.PMsGUi&rd=1&src=newsletter1039283&t=3

1. In 81 percent of American counties, the median income, about $52,000, is less than it was 15 years ago.
2. The amount of money that was given out in bonuses on Wall Street last year is twice the amount all minimum-wage workers earned in the country combined.
3. The wealthiest 85 people on the planet have more money that the poorest 3.5 billion people combined.

6. The poorest half of the Earth’s population owns 1% of the Earth’s wealth. The richest 1% of the Earth’s population owns 46% of the Earth’s wealth.