Rich getting richer, poor getting poorer

NOTE from Ryan: I wish they would tell me something I don't already KNOW (or FEEL!). ;-)

Rich getting richer, poor getting poorer: "Economic data show that a huge swath of low- and middle-income families, both in California and across the nation, are barely scraping by. By many measures, their living standards are stagnating or declining as the prices of such necessities as food, fuel and medicine rise faster than wages."