9 out of 10 Americans Don't Get it, Income Inequality

[mother earth]

[1StrongBlackMan]

1. Income INEQUITY ...

not, Income Inequality!

There's a huge difference.

[mother earth]

2. Wealth? Inequality...

I cannot win today....

[1StrongBlackMan]

3. Still missed ...

Wealth INEQUITY, not wealth inequality.

Equity goes to fairness; equality goes to sameness. I don't know anyone that is arguing that everybody should have the same income/wealth, regardless of talent, effort, or even just blind luck ... rather, most want everyone to be able to live on whatever income/wealth they have, along with the opportunity to get more based on their talent, effort and even just plain luck.

[mother earth]

4. OK, but you better inform Obama's speechwriters on that one too. Let's not let semantics cloud

the clarity of this truth that most of us are looking at through rose colored glasses.

The title should more aptly be: Income Reality Check, it's not what most think.

[tclambert]

5. The inequality leads to the inequity

and most people don't know the difference between the two words. (Inequity is worth 20 points and inequality is worth 22.)

[markpkessinger]

6. I prefer the term "wealth distribution" n/t

[passiveporcupine]

7. One of the best I've seen yet! n/t