There is an inherent tension — and obscenity — in the wildly divergent fortunes of the rich and the poor in this country, especially among our children. The growing imbalance of both wealth and opportunity cannot be sustained. Something has to give.
That is the final paragraph of Billionaires' Row and Welfare Lines, the column for Saturday'sNew York Times by Charles M. Blow.
It is chock full of statistics.  Part of the title comes from this paragraph"
A report last week in The New York Times says that developers are turning 57th Street in Manhattan into “Billionaires’ Row,” with apartments selling for north of $90 million each.
Ponder that for a moment.
Ponder as well that there are now 442 billionaires in the United States.
Ponder also this:
According to First Focus, a bipartisan advocacy organization focusing on child and family issues: “The 1,168,354 homeless students enrolled by U.S. preschools and K-12 schools