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In the wage statistics, those people are better off. a number of other ways that people are better off, too, because of the growth of the economy but also because of policies that have given resources to families that are needy. at the cea they put out a different report over the summer, over what's going on with poverty correctly measured. in the state department they are as important data coming out this week that will help us look at how income inequality has changed, not this year but over the previous year. my expectation is, if that data will start to turn, and this year if you start to ...

Inequality. it hit record highs last year with the top 1% of americans receiving the greatest share of income ever recorded by the internal revenue service. now the social security administration is just released wage statistics for 2012, and the figures are staggering. the median wage was just over $27,000 last year when adjusted for inflation. that number is down from 2011's median. now, while half of american workers earn under $27,000, the richest americans saw wages climb to absolutely new heights. the number of americans making over $5 million or more grew by 27%. while the richest ameri...