Update: Connecticut's Ongoing Economic Dilemma

The haves vs. the have nots and more...

Watch out for those trains, Senator.

Even within a nation racing dangerously toward unprecedented levels of income and wealth inequality, Connecticut stands apart, Keith Phaneuf reports on ctmirrior.org.

The gap between its richest and poorest citizens -- and that between the top and the middle class -- outstrips those in most other states, and many other corners of the globe, Phaneuf wrote.

Since the last recession, inequality in Connecticut has not been a simple case of hedge fund principals reaping rewards that dwarf a still-prosperous middle class. Rather, only the richest of Connecticut's most affluent households, on average, have improved their standing, he added.

For more on an important issue: https://ctmirror.org/2018/05/29/already-deep-debt-connecticut-struggles-extremes-wealth-income/amp/

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Next time on The Allen Report:

Connecticut's Ongoing Economic Dilemma, Part II.