The problem is thath they exempt all the social welfare programs, which in a real accounting do count toward the ability of the poor to acquire goods and services.
Also, the wealth gap in the US even according to the traditional accounting methods isn't as wide as many would like to think. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_income_equality
Sorting by r/p 10 and scroll down, you'll find the US fairly close to the middle.
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http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2011/09/robert-lerman-responds-to-comments-on-socuial-security-medicare-and-inequality.html
The problem is thath they exempt all the social welfare programs, which in a real accounting do count toward the ability of the poor to acquire goods and services.
Also, the wealth gap in the US even according to the traditional accounting methods isn't as wide as many would like to think.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_income_equality
Sorting by r/p 10 and scroll down, you'll find the US fairly close to the middle.