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LuckyTheDog

(6,837 posts) Wed Apr 20, 2016, 05:28 PM Apr 2016

The death gap: Richest Americans now live 10-15 years longer than the poorest

By Sam Pizzigati

Rich people live longer than poor people. No big news there — we’ve known that health tracks wealth for quite some time now.

But here’s what we haven’t known: The life-expectancy gap between rich and poor in the United States is actually accelerating.

Since 2001, American men among the nation’s most affluent 5 percent have seen their lifespans increase by more than two years. American women in that bracket have registered an almost three-year extension to their life expectancy.

Meanwhile, the poorest five percent of Americans have seen essentially no gains at all.

MORE HERE: http://yonside.com/the-death-gap-richest-americans-now-live-years-longer/

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The death gap: Richest Americans now live 10-15 years longer than the poorest (Original Post) LuckyTheDog Apr 2016 OP

Why, that's wonderful news! KamaAina Apr 2016 #1

A glaring reason Abouttime Apr 2016 #2

It will happen eventually LuckyTheDog Apr 2016 #5

Granted, but are they quality years? bluedigger Apr 2016 #3

Yeah. I saw that paper in Nature. Disturbing, but not totally unexpected. NNadir Apr 2016 #4

KamaAina

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1. Why, that's wonderful news!

Reply to LuckyTheDog (Original post)

Wed Apr 20, 2016, 05:36 PM

Apr 2016

That means Wally World will keep collecting on the peasant insurance it buys on its minimum-wage slaves!

Abouttime

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2. A glaring reason

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Wed Apr 20, 2016, 06:47 PM

Apr 2016

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We need wealth redistribution, single payer healthcare, means testing social security, wealth taxes including massive inheritance taxes, reparations to First Nations, reparations for descendants of slaves imported from Africa, reparations for refugees from imperial wars and finally a guarenteed income for all.
Since Reagan the rich (white upperclass) have been accumulating a disproportionate share of wealth. Our country will not survive without a 'soft' peaceful revolution to redistribute that wealth. The only other option is too horrible to contemplate but will happen unless we act soon on the former.