small rant before the wisc post...

This is a chart outlining the gap between the rich and poor, per country (income of the top 10% divided by the income of the lowest 10%). Any attempt to push the US bar (third from the top) to the left in this chart is either social engineering, class warfare, socialism, or communism according to the the new McCain/Palin talking points. So what would pushing that bar to the right (closer to Turkey and Mexico) be? Capitalism? Natural selection? Free Market? Feudalism? Whatever you call it, it has been going on for decades.

Social engineering.. how ironic... social engineering is how we got so far outta wack with the rest of the world in the first place. Only that social engineering was pushing that bar to the right, and the people pushing were the banker/corporate party that runs our government (composed of incumbents from either party) at the whim of lobbyists. They pushed the money from the poor to the hands of an elite few.
I for one would rather see that bar graph go to the left, I am not talking Denmark style (although I hear Denmark is awesome) but the momentum needs to shift. I dont want to end up like Mexico which is basically a neuvo-feudalist society (FYI Mexico watch out for this). If saying that makes me a socialist... we'll thats fine with me comrade.