Mapping the HUGE wealth gap between 1,000 billionaires and working Americans

The gap between the Super Rich and working Americans is getting wider

The 0.1% holds about 15% of the nation’s total wealth, with average household wealth of over $200 million each. The ultrawealthy aren’t just pulling away from average Americans according to new data from the Federal Reserve. - WSJ

Where are the richest 1,000 billionaires? How rich are they? How many Americans around them live in poverty? Who is the local Republican rep who voted to give more tax cuts to the super rich? Check this map.

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Great American wealth gap

• Musk was only able to become the world’s first trillionaire because of a “rigged system” -  Paul Krugman 
• The corrupt Roberts Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision lets billionaires spend unlimited money on elections. This lets them get politicians elected who'll cut their taxes and slash regulations for them. -  Brennan Center 
• Musk spent more than $290 million to get Trump and Republicans elected. -  CNN 
• Republicans give billionaires a $7 Trillion tax cut while slashing $880 billion from Medicaid and funding for food stamps. -  Financial Services 
• Trump lets big corporations dodge $40 billion in taxes as he jacks up costs for working class -  Common Dreams 
• Trump and Musk defanging the SEC puts your financial future at risk.Trump’s acting SEC chair has already  disbanded  many enforcement efforts aimed at  fraud and securities violations  by the crypto industry; made it easier for company executives to ignore their own shareholders’ proposals;  stopped collecting data  critical to policing market manipulation, -  Fortune

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Deepak
DemLabs

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