Feeding the rich while we bury the poor

There were two reports in the past couple of weeks that have really stood out for me:

• In a big surprise, corporate profits rose to an all-time high of almost $1.7 trillion (that number looks like this:  $1,700,000,000,000) in 2013.  In another big surprise, despite a 25% increase in productivity, wages are growing at the slowest pace since the 1960s.
• Over 50 million Americans, or 18.9% of us, were food insecure last year.

The incongruity between the two reports is striking, don't you think?

It also reminded me of this from a recent article from Thomas Frank, of What's the Matter with Kansas? fame:

“Inequality” is the most basic issue of them all, the very reason for liberalism’s existence. It is about who we are and how we live. Virtually every other liberal cause pales by comparison. This is the World War II of political subjects, and if we are going to win it must be a people’s war...."

Who we are and how we live...from his pen to the Liberal Gods' ears.

Peace,
emaycee