20 Facts About U.S. Inequality

Fact 15. The ownership of wealth among households in the U.S. became somewhat more concentrated since the 1980s. The top 10% of households controlled 68.2 percent of the total wealth in 1983 and 73.1% of the total wealth in 2007.

Concentration of wealth in the U.S. between 1983 and 2007

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The Stanford Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality - 20 Facts About U.S. Inequality that Everyone Should Know

Then, to read why these facts are of concern to me, refer to The Philosophy of Mean by Hunter at Daily Kos.