"In U.S., 67% Dissatisfied With Income, Wealth Distribution"

[applegrove]

In U.S., 67% Dissatisfied With Income, Wealth Distribution

by Rebecca Riffkin at Gallop

http://www.gallup.com/poll/166904/dissatisfied-income-wealth-distribution.aspx

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President Barack Obama spoke about income disparities in a Dec. 4, 2013, speech, saying he wanted to prioritize lowering income disparity and increasing opportunities, particularly for the poor, during the rest of his second term. He most likely will return to that topic in his State of the Union speech at the end of the month. Gallup's Jan. 5-8 Mood of the Nation survey included a question asking Americans how satisfied they are with income and wealth distribution in the U.S. Few, 7%, report that they are "very satisfied" with the distribution, while 39% of Americans say they are "very dissatisfied."

Attitudes about the distribution of income and wealth are highly related to partisanship. Republicans, at 45% very or somewhat satisfied, express the highest satisfaction with the current wealth disparity in the U.S. Democrats are much less satisfied, at 24%, with independents closer in satisfaction to Democrats, at 28%. Furthermore, almost half (43%) of Democrats and independents express strong dissatisfaction with the current state of wealth and income distribution.

Dissatisfaction With the Opportunity to Get Ahead Remains High

The same poll updated a long-time Gallup trend, finding that 54% of Americans are satisfied, and 45% dissatisfied, with the opportunity for an American "to get ahead by working hard." This measure has remained roughly constant over the past three years, but Americans are much less optimistic about economic opportunity now than before the recession and financial crisis of 2008 unfolded. Prior to that, at least two in three Americans were satisfied, including a high of 77% in 2002.




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[senseandsensibility]

1. I'm sure that if only younger people were polled

the dissatisfaction rate would be even higher. Income distribution is much more unequal now than a couple of decades ago when older people were getting started building their wealth.

[Warren Stupidity]

2. I'm concerned about the 32% who think getting screwed for decades has been

good for them.

[polichick]

3. Those are the wannabes who refuse to see what's really happening.

[Lizzie Poppet]

4. Wow...when 54% of REPUBLICANS agree with that...

...that's about as good a sign that things are horribly wrong as you could ask for.