Income Inequality In The USA

[forsberg21]

The Gini Coefficient measures the income equality between citizens of a nation. Taken from Wikipedia:

"The Gini coefficient is a measure of the inequality of a distribution, a value of 0 expressing total equality and a value of 1 maximal inequality. It has found application in the study of inequalities in disciplines as diverse as sociology, economics, health science, ecology, chemistry, engineering and agriculture.

It is commonly used as a measure of inequality of income or wealth. Worldwide, Gini coefficients for income range from approximately 0.23 (Sweden) to 0.70 (Namibia) although not every country has been assessed."

Have a look at the map.



The lower the Gini Coefficient, the less of a gap there is between the rich and the poor.

You will see that industrialized nations with a relatively low Gini Coefficient include:

Canada
France
Spain
Italy
Germany
England
Ireland
Sweden
Finland
Norway
Australia

These nations are consistently ranked as countries with the highest standard of living.

It's surprising to point out that the USA has a relatively high Gini Coefficient. The USA's Gini Coefficient is comparable to nations such as:

China
Jamaica
Cameroon
Iran
Rwanda
Cambodia
Kenya
Russia
Venezuela
Morocco
Sri Lanka

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/eco_dis_of_fam_inc_gin_ind-distribution-family-income-gini-index

Now what this means is that despite the US being a rich country, a greater proportion of that wealth is in the hands of a few ultra rich people than it would be in a nation with a lower Gini Coefficient.

Having a large income gap between the rich and the poor segregates society, which can be witnessed in the United States where ghettos that exist would simply not be found nearly as frequently as in nations with lower Gini Coefficients. This is perhaps why we see more pictures like this in the US than we do in the other civilized nations around the world:







Detroit:




So I'll let you all draw your own conclusions. Myself, I'd prefer to live in a nation where all my neighbours are well off so that I don't have to live in/with situations depicted in the above pictures.

[I/O]

Obama is a monster socialist. Government is good. Knows what's best for all.

If he wins again, things will get closer to the way you want them.

[CarpeDime]

USA greatest country in the world end of story

and we will cut taxes more soon and we will become the even greater greatest country in the world, got it? and guess what were going to do with the extra money we will make when our economy grows when we cut taxes??? hmmmm??

KICK THE SH*T OUT OF MORE COUNTRIES, GOT IT?? Dont get too lippy or we may come for YOURS


dont be jealous maybe you can sneak in here some how hey take a chance you never know

[bettilimbroke999]

So are you saying we should invade Canada and take it over? Okay well its 4 now we should have it fully taken over by 5

Forsberg your US envy is unreal bro, go put out some car fires in Vancouver and do something useful with your time

[benjy]

Carpe - "the even greater greatest"? Classic turn of phrase. Kudos.

[eidolon]

can it be correlated with the number of citizens?

[ttwarrior1]

yeh maybe we should live in some other country,not have net and starve.

Not everyone can be rich

Most of the blame can come from blacks. Not all but most are lazy and sometimes when your down you just can't get back up.

[doublej95]

yeh maybe we should live in some other country,not have net and starve.

Not everyone can be rich

Most of the blame can come from blacks. Not all but most are lazy and sometimes when your down you just can't get back up.

or blame lazy fatties with no job in Kentucky.

[forsberg21]

Nearly 2 hours and only 7 replies... the truth must hurt.

[Cuse0323]

Nearly 2 hours and only 7 replies... the truth must hurt.

You got a spare room up in Canada buddy?

[rsnnh12]

I guess that's what happens when you encourage people to be lazy and live off of welfare, rather than make something of themselves and work hard like the majority of the wealthy do.

Keep catering to the lazy, and the gap becomes wider. Encourage the lazy by limiting their benefits, and they might actually get off their asses and work hard and earn a decent wage.

[underthe total]

the poor want government socialist motha fukas

they need to get a job or stfu

[underthe total]

the countries with low whatever you said dont have rich people because they left and came here where they are free to be rich

go spin your retarded shit somewhere else this is not the place

[BRAVES1985]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8g3Gb5-jaY

[BRAVES1985]

that pic of the chick with the bucket of kfc is priceless

[benjy]

I don't know why but I'm shocked by the reaction to this. It's not about welfare (though to some extent it is about the minimum wage) and it's not about working hard (the salary ratio of the CEO to avg. worker, unless you don't think the avg. worker exerts any effort).

It's about a sense of fairness amongst other things. Though correlated, skill, talent, and effort are a small factor in income. All those traits should be rewarded, but often they aren't.

[underthe total]

look in this country and all others if you are smart and well liked

then you are paid

show me someone who is broke and poor, then i will shjow you someone who has made mistakes

i am not responsible for those people

[underthe total]

The Gini Coefficient measures the income equality between citizens of a nation. Taken from Wikipedia: "The Gini coefficient is a measure of the inequality of a distribution, a value of 0 expressing total equality and a value of 1 maximal inequality. It has found application in the study of inequalities in disciplines as diverse as sociology, economics, health science, ecology, chemistry, engineering and agriculture. It is commonly used as a measure of inequality of income or wealth. Worldwide, Gini coefficients for income range from approximately 0.23 (Sweden) to 0.70 (Namibia) although not every country has been assessed." Have a look at the map. The lower the Gini Coefficient, the less of a gap there is between the rich and the poor. You will see that industrialized nations with a relatively low Gini Coefficient include: Canada France Spain Italy Germany England Ireland Sweden Finland Norway Australia These nations are consistently ranked as countries with the highest standard of living. It's surprising to point out that the USA has a relatively high Gini Coefficient. The USA's Gini Coefficient is comparable to nations such as: China Jamaica Cameroon Iran Rwanda Cambodia Kenya Russia Venezuela Morocco Sri Lanka http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/ec...ome-gini-index Now what this means is that despite the US being a rich country, a greater proportion of that wealth is in the hands of a few ultra rich people than it would be in a nation with a lower Gini Coefficient. Having a large income gap between the rich and the poor segregates society, which can be witnessed in the United States where ghettos that exist would simply not be found nearly as frequently as in nations with lower Gini Coefficients. This is perhaps why we see more pictures like this in the US than we do in the other civilized nations around the world: Detroit: So I'll let you all draw your own conclusions. Myself, I'd prefer to live in a nation where all my neighbours are well off so that I don't have to live in/with situations depicted in the above pictures.

forsberg

just like opie told you in the other thread

fuk off

we dont care about how you spin your shit here

you are a gutless

your pics of people holding guns was an advertisement for a rap group. freedom of speech

fat person eating chicken. although they are dumb again free to be fat

pics of homeless people. these are everywhere. dont tell me that you dont have homeless people in your country


Also the US has plenty of places where the degens are not welcome. i havent seen poverty in years. if i wanted to its about a 30 minute drive

[ACoochy]

the countries with low whatever you said dont have rich people because they left and came here where they are free to be rich go spin your retarded shit somewhere else this is not the place

So how much does it take to make someone rich then?

[Emily_Haines]

USA greatest country in the world end of story

and we will cut taxes more soon and we will become the even greater greatest country in the world, got it? and guess what were going to do with the extra money we will make when our economy grows when we cut taxes??? hmmmm??

KICK THE SH*T OUT OF MORE COUNTRIES, GOT IT?? Dont get too lippy or we may come for YOURS


dont be jealous maybe you can sneak in here some how hey take a chance you never know

LOL at you idiots from the south that vote GOP every election and live in the sun belt nations cess pool. Still believe the USA is kicking ass because FOX news tells you so. Despite the removal of our combat troops for Iraq US soldiers are getting blowed up left and right. If at the end of the year if our troops are not completely out of Iraq al Sadr says he is going to unleash the mahdi army. Afghanistan is hopelessly lost. Pakistan has told us to take our shit and leave. Despite 110+ days of bombing Libya Gaddafi is still alive and says he is going to start fuking things up in Europe. Keep supporting the troops maybe some day will find one of those tiny island nations like Grenada and really open a can of whoop ass.

[FrozenMAN]

Yeah fuckface AND THIS LIBERAL SCUMBAG HINES...simply can't see how people rather give away more and more of what THEY EARN THROUGH HARDWORK, to take care of the lazy scumbags who refuse to work...

simply look at the pictures.....people in the us who actually want to work and strive to be something go on to live great lives rich and able to do whatever they want, while most of the country, are lazy moochers who want handouts and want to suckhole on me when i bust my balls to work....

**** the lazy bums, i take it you are one of them, as if i work and i make my money, i wana spend it, not give a higher and higher % of it away to the government, through obama's desire to eliminate the variety of classes and to pay for druggies, low lifes, and lazy sob's who sit at home and wait for their welfare checks to come which are paid by me.....

You dont work, and dont make an effort to improve you life, then **** ya, rather than spending $5g in taxes or giving it away to "help" these lazy ones, i rather sit down at a $100 slot machine and make 25 pulls of it most, likely pissing it all away

i'd be all for a place liek in the movie, escape from la, where all these moochers and lazy ones could be put together to live like bums and leave us all alone and stop the constant asking for handouts...GET A JOB YOU *****, I'VE WORKED SINCE I WAS 16...IF A 16 YEAR OLD CAN WORK AT A GROCERY store PART TIME, THEN ANY BUM OUT THERE COULD DO THE SAME BUT THEY CHOOSE NOT TO, THEY CHOOSE TO BE LAZY SO F EM

[underthe total]

LOL at you idiots from the south that vote GOP every election and live in the sun belt nations cess pool. Still believe the USA is kicking ass because FOX news tells you so. Despite the removal of our combat troops for Iraq US soldiers are getting blowed up left and right. If at the end of the year if our troops are not completely out of Iraq al Sadr says he is going to unleash the mahdi army. Afghanistan is hopelessly lost. Pakistan has told us to take our shit and leave. Despite 110+ days of bombing Libya Gaddafi is still alive and says he is going to start fuking things up in Europe. Keep supporting the troops maybe some day will find one of those tiny island nations like Grenada and really open a can of whoop ass.

get your wordy spew of waiste from this thread

Don't fuk with the souh

you never know the company you work for will decide to relocate here too

[underthe total]

right on frozen man

fuk the dumb poor and lazy

[opie1988]

Great thread, Forsberg.

Of the 4 nominations it garnered, you have 2 banned posters & an admitted repeat offender pedophile.

Nice crowd you run with, pal.

Oh...almost forgot....Happy Boxing Day!

[Emily_Haines]

Canada #1

[ACoochy]

Great thread, Forsberg. Of the 4 nominations it garnered, you have 2 banned posters & an admitted repeat offender pedophile. Nice crowd you run with, pal. Oh...almost forgot....Happy Boxing Day!

I simply enjoy the drama (on work holidays) and the fact that no-one will pick out any excerpt of what was said in OP's original thread and form a reply of substance, instead choosing to rip on him hard

[I/O]

Nearly 2 hours and only 7 replies... the truth must hurt.

[BRAVES1985]

Great thread, Forsberg. Of the 4 nominations it garnered, you have 2 banned posters & an admitted repeat offender pedophile. Nice crowd you run with, pal. Oh...almost forgot....Happy Boxing Day!

i nominated the post for the bitch eating a bucket of kfc its funny to me (i didnt read one word of the post too long for me)

happy 4th of july

[Waterstpub87]

Compare GDP growth with those countries that are "more equal" to the United States.

[doublej95]

LOL at you idiots from the south that vote GOP every election and live in the sun belt nations cess pool. Still believe the USA is kicking ass because FOX news tells you so. Despite the removal of our combat troops for Iraq US soldiers are getting blowed up left and right. If at the end of the year if our troops are not completely out of Iraq al Sadr says he is going to unleash the mahdi army. Afghanistan is hopelessly lost. Pakistan has told us to take our shit and leave. Despite 110+ days of bombing Libya Gaddafi is still alive and says he is going to start fuking things up in Europe. Keep supporting the troops maybe some day will find one of those tiny island nations like Grenada and really open a can of whoop ass.

I guess this does not apply to me since I'm from the south and a democrat. But this might apply to you: fuk you.

[Emily_Haines]

I guess this does not apply to me since I'm from the south and a democrat. But this might apply to you: fuk you.

How did the civil war work out for you guys?

[doublej95]

How did the civil war work out for you guys?

It was the deadliest war for the United States but it was a great turning point for the United States. You see every time this country gets knocked down it gets right back up and gives it all.

[pavyracer]

How many Olympic medals has Canada ever won? 2?

USA has been cleaning up the medals for the last 60 years and more.

[BRAVES1985]

How many Olympic medals has Canada ever won? 2? USA has been cleaning up the medals for the last 60 years and more.

15 gold medals last year

[I/O]

How did the civil war work out for you guys?

this was pretty stupid