Income Inequality And Opportunity Deficits

mcclatchydc.com — Concern about income inequality and the huge and growing wealth gap in this country has found new energy in our political discourse of late. President Barack Obama took note of it in his State of the Union address last month. Republican hopefuls for their party's nomination to take on Obama in the November elections have been dragged into talking about it, too. This is a welcome discussion. It is linked to the heart of the current malaise in this country - that the opportunity to succeed in the U.S. is now severely constricted — and it batters an ideal that Americans hold dear — that with hard work anybody can get ahead.

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