I saw on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/list_of_countries_by_income_equality
that the US & the UK are very unequal societies, compared to the other wealthy nations. Why is it that the rest of Europe in particular (except for Russia, Turkey & Israel), plus Japan, India, Canada, Egypt, Bangladesh, even Rwanda are now more equal than us in terms of how big is the gap between rich and poor.
The comparison really makes us look like we have stopped trying to help our poor catch up, like we don't care and are ruled by the very richest with no say to the others. Is that so? And how can we change this?
2007-02-26
22:56:24
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Wise Kai
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