In Rude Health: The Rich Take the Crisis in Stride

While America holds its breath wondering if the new president will fix the economic crisis, we citizens have to keep the root causes in mind, like our raging wealth and income inequality. As busy as the population is, investing in canned goods and small arms ammunition, there is at least some awareness of the growing gap between the rich and everyone else. Without a better social awareness of this great divide, fighting to change it is impossible. The divide itself has been widening for thirty years, and so have the rich.