It is so class warfare Mr. President!
Between 1979 and 2007, the income gap between the richest 1 percent of Americans and the poorest 40 percent more than tripled. Today, the richest 10 percent of Americans control two-thirdsof the nation’s wealth, while, according to recently released census data, average Americans saw their real incomes decline by 2.3 percent in 2010. Though our economy grew in 2009 and 2010, 88 percent of the increase in real national income went to corporate profits, one study found. Only 1 percent went to wages and salaries for working people.
That is but one paragraph from a powerful, and well documented, op ed by my acquaintance Sally Kohn in today's Washington Post. The piece is titled President Obama shouldn’t be afraid of a little class warfare. After beginning by reminding us that the President said that it isn't class warfare, but math, Sally writes bluntly
No, Mr. President, this is class warfare — and it’s a war you’d better win. Corporate interests and the rich started it. Right now, they’re winning. Progressives and the middle class must fight back, and the president should be clear whose side he’s on.
