{"id":29949,"date":"2012-08-24T18:47:21","date_gmt":"2012-08-25T00:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/24\/what-the-top-20-means.html"},"modified":"2012-08-24T18:47:21","modified_gmt":"2012-08-25T00:47:21","slug":"what-the-top-20-means","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/24\/what-the-top-20-means.html","title":{"rendered":"What the Top 20% Means"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Americans really have no idea about wealth distribution in this country. \u00a0They know what they think they&#39;d like, and they realize things aren&#39;t that way &#8230; but they have no clue, it seems, as to how &quot;aren&#39;t&quot; they are.<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;resize_h=100&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fp.twimg.com%2FA05w5VnCUAAYPly.jpg%3Alarge' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/james_ka_smith\/status\/238251960644554752\/photo\/1\/large'>Twitter \/ james_ka_smith: Wealth distribution: perception &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'> <strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/QR4mfUhRALD' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Americans really have no idea about wealth distribution in this country. \u00a0They know what they think they&#39;d like, and they realize things aren&#39;t that way &#8230; but they have no clue, it seems, as to how &quot;aren&#39;t&quot; they are. Embedded Link Twitter \/ james_ka_smith: Wealth distribution: perception &#8230; Google+: View post on Google+<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28141,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/05\/monopoly-american-style.html","url_meta":{"origin":29949,"position":0},"title":"Monopoly, American-style","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 5-Jun-12 1:34pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Adjusted for wealth and income distribution. \u00a0But, hey, anyone can win, right? 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