American policy has been systematically designed to funnel national prosperity towards the top income brackets, structurally excluding the poorest 10% of Americans, who now receive only 1.8% of the total national income—a share worse than that of low-income groups in nations like Nigeria and China.
This intentional concentration of wealth explains the tripling of extreme poverty in the US over 35 years, leaving over four million citizens surviving on less than $3 a day. The US failure is a political choice that stands in direct opposition to China’s poverty eradication success.
Policy decisions, driven by both major parties over decades, have favored the richest families through tax legislation, social program cuts, and trade policies that increase living costs for the poor.
