Occupy America II
Bravo.
Don Brown
November 29, 2011
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The Flick -- A term used by air traffic controllers to describe a mental model representing the current and future positions of air traffic in a section of airspace. Controllers visualize the paths of multiple aircraft in terms of position, altitude, trajectory and speed. Controllers also refer to this as "having the picture." But the picture moves -- like a movie -- hence the term “the flick.”
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The focus needs to remain on the disparity of income/wealth in the US. It's difficult to imagine a strong economic recovery when 43% of the wealth in our country is in the hands of 1% of our population and trending toward increased imbalance.
The Gini Index is a measure of income/wealth inequality as measured among a population. The lower the score the more equality there is. The values range from a low score of 0.23 for Sweden (the best) to a high of 0.70 for Namibia (the worst). Look at the rankings in the link and see where the U.S. falls. It's not good. Keep in mind when reading the rankings that those ranked first are the worst. Out of 140 countries listed, 100 of them show a better distribution of wealth among the people than the U.S.
Nice job with your blog. Please keep beating the drum.
The focus needs to remain on the disparity of income/wealth in the US. It's difficult to imagine a strong economic recovery when 43% of the wealth in our country is in the hands of 1% of our population and trending toward increased imbalance.
The Gini Index is a measure of income/wealth inequality as measured among a population. The lower the score the more equality there is. The values range from a low score of 0.23 for Sweden (the best) to a high of 0.70 for Namibia (the worst). Look at the rankings in the link and see where the U.S. falls. It's not good. Keep in mind when reading the rankings that those ranked first are the worst. Out of 140 countries listed, 100 of them show a better distribution of wealth among the people than the U.S.
Nice job with your blog. Please keep beating the drum.