"At the request of Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus and then-Ranking Member Chuck Grassley,
the CBO examined the distribution of household income in the United States from 1979 to 2007. These endpoint
years allowed for a comparison between periods of similar economic activity – i.e. they were both years before
major recessions. The CBO’s central conclusion is that inequality among income groups has
increased notably over this period."

So? What is the reason for this? Could it be that because more and more people feel entitled to be taken care of by the government and, therefore, are not working as hard as they used to?

A man said to the universe:
“Sir, I exist!"
“However,” replied the universe,
“The fact has not created in me
“A sense of obligation.”

-- Stephen Crane