P.O. Box 5036, Annapolis, MD 21403 . . Subscriptions are free. To subscribe, E-mail the words . . In the U.S., and overseas, the rich are getting richer, the poor are getting poorer, and the people in the middle are becoming less and less secure about their future. And this is all happening during a period of economic growth.
Poverty is even likely to increase slightly.
Growth has been really on only one end of the spectrum, the wealthy. The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. We offer the following facts as a guide to real power in America. In 1985 there were 14,600 commercial banks. The 100 largest held 57.7 percent of all assets in the system.