If Poverty Were Based On A ‘Comfortable Wage_’ The New Poor May Surprise You

Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas Darling In addition to inescapable truths, there are lots of inequality truths – something Pope Francis said was “the root of all social evil.” We live in a country where extraordinary wealth is concentrated in remarkably a few hands. The financial assets of the richest one percent of Americans equals those of the bottom 90 percent of all U.S. households combined. The Walton family alone, heirs to the Walmart fortune, has more wealth than the bottom 40