Bubbles and Inequality

No, it is not the tax system.  The tax system is more progressive than you might think.

But state higher education is less progressive than you think.

The Bubble Test

Income and Poverty

• Poverty and income in 2012.  (See poverty lines)
• One in three Americans lived in poverty for at least two months between 2009 and 2011.
• One in four Americans lives in poverty areas.
• By one measure, Californna leads the nation in poverty and is also bad for child homelessness.

The Military

• The gap between the military and society
• Veterans in society and Congress

The Supreme Court 

The Political Elite:

Barack Obama POTUS	Columbia	Harvard	UCC
Joseph Biden VPOTUS	U of Delaware	Syracuse	Catholic
John Kerry, State	Yale	Boston C.	Catholic
Chuck Hagel, Defense	U of Nebraska		Catholic
Jack Lew, Treasury	Harvard	Georgetown	Jewish
Eric Holder, Atty Gen Loretta Lynch	Columbia Harvard	Columbia Harvard	Episcopalian Baptist
Janet Yellen, Fed Res.	Brown	Yale	Jewish