We are all pretty familiar with the idea that the rich get most of the money in our society. Check out this fact from Lee Price at the Economic Policy Institute:

When those families are ranked by the size of their wealth, however, the top 1%2 alone held $16.8 trillion in wealth, more than a third of the United States’ total wealth and more than the $16.8 trillion held by 90% of U.S. families. The top 1% had average wealth of $15 million per family in contrast to the $22,800 average wealth of the least wealthy 50% of families or the $313,500 in wealth for families ranked between 50% and 90%.

This nugget comes in the context of the tax breaks being debated in the Congress right now, tax breaks that will–surprise!–benefit the most wealthy in our society. My sense is that that injustice is finally becoming more clear to people. The big question: will the Democrats keep on beating that message home or will the D.C. consultants and the Democratic Leadership Council adherents try to cook up some miserable weak stew of “centrist” gibberish?

You can see the rest of Price’s thoughts here.