"We now have more income and wealth inequality than at any time in the last hundred years. In the year 2022, three multibillionaires own more wealth than the bottom half of American society – 160 million Americans. Today, 45% of all new income goes to the top 1%, and CEOs of large corporations make a record-breaking 350 times what their workers earn."
— Bernie Sanders, The Guardian - 2 Sep 2022
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It is interesting how little direct acknowledgement of those facts about our economy get in the discourse leading up to the pending mid-term elections. The attention of voters is directed instead to symptoms rather than fundamental causes. The inadequacies of health care, education and housing dominate the conversation because they present imminent threats. The proposed responses are really little more than symbolic gestures.
What all of that points to is the peripheral importance of the electorate in the governing process.
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