
(Chart) U.S. Wealth Distribution: Perception vs. Reality
The most interesting thing about this is that even with a completely underestimated perception of the actual wealth inequality in this country, most Americans still think the wealth should be redistributed more equally. If that’s not inchoate socialism, I don’t know what is.

BANKRUPT USA
A numerical look at the average family’s financial struggles:$126,400
Net worth of the median American family in 2007$77,300
Net worth of the median family in 201040
Percentage drop in wealth over that three-year period15.2
Median percentage of debt that was education-related in 200719.2
Median percentage of education-related debt in 20107
Percentage of Americans late on their debt payments in 200711
Percentage late on payments in 2010