22: 21st Century United States

Globally, inequality is so extreme that the world’s 10 richest men possess more wealth than the 3.1 billion poorest people, Oxfam has calculated.

<p>The rich tend to spend less of their money than the poor. As a result, the extreme concentration of wealth can slow the pace of <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-923X.12237">economic growth</a>.</p> <p>Extreme inequality can also exacerbate <a href="https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674980822">political dysfunction</a> and <a href="https://ideas.ted.com/the-4-biggest-reasons-why-inequality-is-bad-for-society/">undermine faith</a> in political and economic systems. It can also erode principles of <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s11245-020-09697-z">fairness and democratic norms of sharing power and resources</a>.</p>

<p>This American carnage stops right here and stops right now.</p> <p>We are one nation – and their pain is our pain. </p>

From this moment on, it’s going to be America First.

I will fight for you with every breath in my body – and I will never, ever let you down.