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Kasz216 on 13 September 2009
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ManusJustus said:

The GINI Index for America has continually increased for the past few decades. That means the richa are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer.

http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/income/incineq/p60204/fig2.gif

Its true that the poor in 2008 are better off than the poor in 1958, but that is no better an observation than saying the poor in 2008 are better off than the poor in 1058. Such things are relative, and people who would be happy in 1958 would be unhappy in 2008 with the same way of life.

Wahoo you don't understand the Gini Cooefficent.

Note I actually mentioned the Gini Coeefficent was going up before you even posted in this thread and gave further analysis beyond that.

But yes going to something i originally quoted is about as far as you'll go admitting your wrong.