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"The idea that free markets will ultimately create the best possible living conditions is, of course, a wonderful one. But the reality in America looks like this: The yearly income of a typical middle-class family has fallen by almost $5,000 since 1999. If you factor in inflation, male workers last year earned on average $783 less than they did 42 years ago. For the country's richest, on the other hand, things are going swimmingly. The highest 0.1 percent possesses almost as much wealth as the lowest 90 percent taken together. The family of Sam Walton, founder of supermarket chain Walmart, has amassed over $149 billion in wealth. The family possesses as much as all of the lowest 42 percent of the country combined."
Tem sido notória a embirração da imprensa norte-americana em relação à Alemanha, nos últimos tempos. É natural que os alemães respondam com umas pedradas aos telhados de vidro do outro lado do Atlântico, como neste caso em relação à influência do poder financeiro nas eleições presidenciais. E os alemães não brincam.
America's oligarch problem: How the Super-Rich threaten US Democracy, no Der Spiegel