New York Times columnist Charles Blow spots a shocking statistical study for us in Saturday’s edition. This comes from a German think tank looking at social justice indicators among the member nations of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), which is composed of most of what we consider the the modern developed nations of the world.
As Blow goes on to comment:
“We sold ourselves a pipe dream that everyone could get rich and no one would get hurt — a pipe dream that exploded like a pipe bomb when the already-rich grabbed for all the gold; when they used their fortunes to influence government and gain favors and protection; when everyone else was left to scrounge around their ankles in hopes that a few coins would fall.
We have not taken care of the least among us. We have allowed a revolting level of income inequality to develop. We have watched as millions of our fellow countrymen have fallen into poverty. And we have done a poor job of educating our children and now threaten to leave them a country that is a shell of its former self. We should be ashamed.”
Source: New York Times