INCOME INEQUALITY

The United States Is a Business, and You’re Not Its Client

The rich keep the economy humming, so companies no longer need the rest of us as consumers

Photo by Louis Velazquez on Unsplash

The United States has become a giant corporation that only caters to the wealthy.

To be a non-wealthy person living in America today is to be in a place not meant for you.

Here’s what it’s like. One day I wandered into a White House Black Market and left just as quickly, disappointed. I liked their clothing but it is not meant for me. Off to Old Navy I went, instead.

It was honestly fine.

As long as I can get some basic clothing at an affordable price, I don’t care if others want to spend much more.

But not everything has a cheaper option

And to live in the United States is to be forced to buy things you cannot afford.

I can’t go to the discount hospital or the low-cost power company or buy a scratch-and-dent car insurance policy. I have to pay the same high price as a millionaire.

And this is why the top 10 percent richest Americans drive half of all spending! (See Spending Gap: How Wealthy Consumers are Propping…