"Land of the Free, Home of the Poor"

Chris in Paris covered this earlier, the PBS report on wealth inequality. But I'd like to post a video of the whole piece. It's about 10 minutes long, and well worth it.

It begins with Warren Buffet's comments on Charlie Rose, then moves to Paul Salmon's report on the wealth gap in the U.S. today.



Notice that it takes a Sweden (forced wealth redistribution) to produce the middle pie chart. In nature, money rains naturally into the pockets of the already rich and powerful. After all, what's the point of power if you can't use it to win every game you play?

Note also, by the way, that it takes media collusion to keep people this confused. Only the low-income workers knew the state of things in their own country.

Amazingly good use of graphics and animation. A much-watch, in my opinion.

GP