"Jay Honeck" wrote:

[...] As a friend of mine at the University of Iowa demonstrated to
me today, the basic premise that the "gap between rich and poor is
growing" is easily disproved with actual government tax data. In
fact, the gap has narrowed substantially. [...]

Plus the "gap" is not in itself an interesting quantity, if the "poor"
and "rich" standards of living are both increasing, as appears to be
the case.

- FChE