Monday Matters 13

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/17/opinion/blow-inconvenient-income-inequality.html?ref=charlesmblow

In Charles M. Blow's column, "Inconvenient Income Inequality" he discusses the gap between the rich and poor in the United States. He starts off by saying that according to Americans, more see themselves as better off than not. However, this is not a true view. According to the Associated Press, the middle class in America is shrinking and 1 in 2 Americans have fallen into poverty. He also reiterates the fact that the gap between the rich and poor in the United States has "reached its highest level in 30 years." All of these points lead up to his biggest one, that this income inequality could be economically awful for the United States. He believes that if the United States continues to believe that this income inequality is normal, that that is living in denial and could be very economically dangerous for this country.