The United States has 5% of the world's population and 23.6% of the world's prison population.
What does that say about the success of our government? What does it say about our culture? What does that say about the grand concept of Freedom, touted by the hypocrites in Congress and in the military-industrial complex (corporatocracy)?
In the United States at the end of 2001, 10% of the population owned 71% of the wealth, and the top 1% controlled 38%. On the other hand, the bottom 40% owned less than 1% of the nation's wealth. Now, according to some estimates, the top 10% of the US population hold 90% of the nation's wealth. This is attributed largely to the economic policies of the Republican administration from 2001-2009 and the subsequent continuation of their monetary policy by the current administration.
