What Are These People Whining About?

My friend Julee Klein posted a link to this article from Business Insider on Facebook. If you're wondering what all the fuss is about the Occupy Wall Street protests, this is a simple, graphic way to understand what people are upset about.

I certainly don't agree with everything the protesters are saying, but these charts certainly make clear that this country has major problems that are closing more and more people out of any chance to attain the American Dream. Or even a decent middle class life. Check it out.

Despite the myth of social mobility, poor Americans have a SLIM CHANCE of rising to the upper middle class

 

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