2020 Made Income Inequality In The US Even Worse
BuzzFeed News / Getty Images As millions of Americans end 2020 sick, jobless, hungry, indebted, or at risk of losing their homes, it’s unimaginable that at the other end of the spectrum, the wealthy, shielded from much of this misfortune, became even richer this cursed year. But this is the reality of 2020. The same forces that made this year so awful for most people helped a select few add immense wealth. As more than 20 million people were receiving unemployment benefits and Congress held back too long on passing a second round of stimulus, American billionaires’ wealth had increased ...
Source: buzzfeednews.com