The Owls' Nest

Click here for a 25-minute speech by Bernie Sanders (Independent, Vermont) on the Senate floor concerning wealth disparity.

The Walton (Wal-Mart) family own more than the bottom 30% of Americans.


The bottom 30% of Americans own less than 3/10 of 1% of America's wealth.

The top 1% own more of America's wealth than the bottom 40%. 

The bottom 60% of Americans own less than 2% of America's wealth.

In 2009 and 2010, 93% of the new income generated went to the top 1%.

Now, thanks to the Citizens United decision of the SCOTUS, the very rich who own most of the country now have the opportunity to buy the U.S. government.