Grotesque Inequality
The median wage last year was $27,519. The median – half of all workers made more, half made less – was lower than any time 1998, according to an analysis of Social Security data by journalist David Cay Johnston. From its all-time peak in 2007, the median wage was down $980. At the top, however, wages soared. Income inequality in America, Sen. Bernie Sanders said, is “one of the great economic and moral issues for our country.”
