How bad is income inequality in USA?

Income Inequality Is Growing Across the U.S. — Here's How Bad it Is In Every State. By Mark Abadi/Business Insider. March 21, 2018. The gap between rich Americans and poor Americans has been a cause for concern in the United States for decades. read more

The income gap in the US is much larger but not so many people live in misery. Also Americans invented the term ‘income inequality’. That is for two reasons. #1 is the desire to fix it. read more

When it comes to income inequality, southern states appear to have it the worst. Paramount Pictures Income inequality measures the gap between the richest people and the rest of the population. In the US, southern states and high-population states tend to have the worst levels of income inequality. read more

But study after study show that Americans, even as they recognize income and wealth inequality has grown in America, do not support significant levels of wealth redistribution. read more

It’s way worse than what people think. Consider the differences between poor and middle class: Transportation: Poor takes the bus or walks. Middle class has an SUV and a car. read more

Inequality in America is growing, even at the top. The nation’s highest 0.1 percent of income-earners have, over recent decades, seen their incomes rise much faster than the rest of the top 1 percent. Incomes in this top 0.1 percent increased 7.5 times between 1973 and 2007, from 0.8 percent to an all-time high of 6 percent. read more