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Your Views: Inequality, a rich ruling elite; that's the state of our union
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It’s fitting that the State of the Union Address focused on inequality. Because the real state of our union is about growing inequality between rich and powerful Washington, D.C., insiders and we the people in America. More than half of Congress members are now millionaires and their net worth is going up, while the net worth of American families has dropped 40 percent since 2007.