Previously: High Broderism: the debt, the debt, it’s the debt…. (November 16, 2012)
On St. Louis Public Radio:
Missouri Ranks Among Worst States For Widening Income Inequality
Within approximately the last twenty years, Missouri ranks among the worst states in which the gap between rich and middle-income households has widened. That’s according to a new report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and the Economic Policy Institute.
As we approach the Thanksgiving holiday, we also take note of the report’s finding in which the gap between the very richest and the poor is even larger with the top 5 percent of Missouri households having an average income 11.7 times that of the bottom fifth….
Because the price of a can of creamed corn is so much cheaper than supporting and building an actual, you know, equitable and just society.