The Resident - Can the rich get richer while the poor get poorer?

While more and more of the middle class forced into unemployment, the rich continue to get richer. How does the average America feel on the subject? The Resident takes to the street of New York to find out.

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• russia today
• the resident
• debt
• middle class
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• unemployment
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• new york city
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• washington
• economy

[riethc]

Holy shit, these people are dumb.

[EyNRoK]

lol? The Game is rigged ; The Rules DO NOT APPLY to the Rich (0.1%) but APPLY to the Poor (99.9%) ; The Poor are the Loosers ; The Losers blame themselves for loosing. Then what... ? The Losers accept to become Slaves...

[tmmy773]

$200,000 is not rich??? That is not living in reality. RT tells the truth.

[haichtee]

RussiaToday is starting to annoy me. They use similar tactics as Fox News does.

[DaCatOnTop]

Let ME tell you what the average New YOrker thinks about this shit. I'm a 29 yr old single female with no kids and I earn (yeah I'm being honest) 38 grand annually, thats before taxes and insurance taken out. Last time I did income tax the lady told me I fall into the better earning income category. What in the fuck? Mind you, I get almost no money in return. I pay 940 someting dollars for rent and I have a "steady" job that I hate. Imagine me actually having kids to pay for!

[DaCatOnTop]

Jeezus, RT you are pissing me the fuck off. These are not average New Yorkers for fucks sake! The dumb ass lady was from New Jersey and the dude was from Miami and the last dude was from Boston and you asked two Wall street mothafuckas who could give less shit whats going on. Stop going to Times Square to ask fucking tourists or bankers what should be an average New Yorker's opinion! WHATTTTTTTHEEEEFUCKKKK

[paullie6719]

I agree that the "keep up with the Joneses" were stupid to buy $300k houses. If they are not smart enough to do their due diligence before signing on the dotted line, its their own fault. I mean it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that the system is rigged and that if I lose my job with a 300k mortgage, I'm screwed. So lets take some responsibility for our actions.

I saved for 10 years then built my own 750 sq ft house and along with a 2 acre lot cost me $40K... paid in cash.

[mongolkid69]

@hstone39 my family immigrated here with just $1000 in our pockets and little english..we didn't even have a job lined up when we landed. it was tough times, and now 10 years later my parents make a combined income of 350-400k and I've worked hard, got into uni and now make 80k/yr.

YOU JUST NEED TO WORK HARDER. WORK SMARTER. AND STOP CRYING

[burtonh1]

OMG the horror of of the idea of getting rich in America..what a bunch of bull s*ht.

[doire7]

I'm sorry but what is wrong with these Americans? Goldman sachs was caught red handed selling fraudelant mortgages and then betting against those mortgages. Goldman sachs, citigroup, jp morgan etc have all been caught repeatedly in financial fraud and that's just what they've been caught at. THAT IS NOT WHAT YOU CALL BEING SMARTER, THAT IS WHAT YOU CALL BEING A CRIMINAL. The biggest criminal at that. Grow up you dumb fucks.

[Sexisttroll]

the result for example take into account the average wages of the richer and the poorer from 1975 to 1991 the rich got richer by $4,354 more yet the poor got richer by $27,745... and this is because of income mobility where the poor actually ascend to a higher income and are substituted by new workers or immigrants... result "the rich getting richer and poor getting poorer" is a total myth...