Quote:He's saying that we are not the envy of the world and that our quality of life isn't that great compared to the rest of the world anymore. That chart is showing even the poorest 10% of American's live either better or equal to many of the rest of the worlds richest 10% and are only slightly less "wealthy" then a handful of other countries 10%.

 

Those countries that our poorest 10% are slightly less wealthy also have a significantly smaller population so that plays into the average. Overall that chart is displaying clearly that if you're going to be poor, America is the country to be poor in.

 

What I see if the largest gap between the richest and poorest of any country listed there. And the gap is widening.

 

And based on that chart, we would be lead to believe that the poorest in this country live as well as the richest people in Italy. And better than the richest people in Brazil or Portugal. Do you actually believe that?

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