Wealth Gap

The Onion: Nation's Poorest 1% Now Controls Two-Thirds Of U.S. Soda Can Wealth

According to the sobering report, the disproportionate distribution of soda-can wealth is greater than ever before, and has become one of the worst instances of economic inequality in the nation's history. Data showed that over-salvaging of cans by a small and elite group of can-horders has created a steadily growing and possibly unbridgeable gap between the rich and the mega-poor.

Hat-tip: Don Luskin, who wonders "Where's Paul Krugman When We Need Him?"

On the web Posted by jk at May 28, 2008 2:35 PM