per2 articles on the same day reiterate the growing divide in our country between the haves and the have-nots.
Haves: Millionares Upbeat About the Economy. (INC magazine.)
Based on a poll of 615 men and women with an average annual income of $302,500 and a net worth of $3.3 million, the wealthiest 10 percent of U.S. households have a more optimistic outlook on the economy
Have-nots: Living Paycheck to Paycheck Gets Harder (AP/Yahoo News)
"The reality of hunger is right here," said the Rev. Melony Samuels, director of The BedStuy Campaign against Hunger, a church-affiliated food pantry in Brooklyn.
The pantry scrambled to feed 5,000 new families over the past 12 months, up almost 70 percent from 3,000 the year before.
A house divided cannot stand. Until now, the sentiment has been that a great divide in income levels defines a 3rd world economy, not ours. When the divide appears insurmountable that's when real problems begin to manifest from the frustration and desperation for a better life seen, but unachievable.
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