Income inequality is real!

Anybody who is still in denial about income inequality needs only to look at this chart put out by the Congressional Budget Office that clearly shows how the top 1% income earners in this country have gotten richer to the tune of 275% in the past 30 years where the rest of us have seen our incomes flatten. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see why the Occupy Wall Street movement has finally gained traction. I have been wondering for a very long time now where the outrage about the income disparity in this country was. Well, now we see for sure that income inequality is real and not just some figment of the collective imagination of a few disgruntled people. I hope that the Powers That Be will wake up and pay attention, but anymore, that's not likely. The Republicans have made it their agenda in the past 30+ years to benefit the most wealthy among us at the expense of the middle and lower classes. At long last, people are fighting back. I just hope that this movement will continue and will not dissipate once the colder weather sets in here in the northern states that get winter weather. It's long since time for the rage of the American people to rear its ugly head and I, for one, am glad to see it. Now that the Congressional Budget Office has shown us without a doubt that income inequality exists for sure, there's even more ammunition to fire up the people who are tired of feeling like they have lost out on the American Dream. Thank goodness that people have gotten so fed up that they are taking to the streets and demanding justice. May this movement continue, grow and gain strength in the coming year to where we can finally do something to turn things around and create a more just society where more people get a bigger piece of the pie. I just hope that President Obama gets behind this movement and helps us fight this battle. He will be assured re-election next year if he continues the populist tone he's adopted lately and I hope he keeps it up. We need him with us in this fight. But he also reminded us not so long ago that when we elected him, it wasn't about HIM, it was about US, and we MUST remember what he told us the night we elected him: change comes TO Washington, not FROM Washington. Change comes from the bottom up, not the top down. We need to remember that and claim our power and voice and use it for change. I think we're already headed in that direction, and may it continue unabated.