30 most vicious John Oliver take downs
By Jeremy Dick
25. Bringing to light the wealth gap in America
If you weren’t aware about the astronomical wealth gap in the United States, then you haven’t been paying attention. Bernie Sanders used it as one of the biggest selling points of his campaign, as he desperately wanted to close the gap. Sanders ultimately didn’t get the nomination to become president, but his campaign helped bring a lot of awareness to the issue.
But back in 2014, John Oliver was airing his grievances about this broken economic system as well. While income inequality is becoming a problem in other developed nations across the planet, it’s definitely happening the fastest in the United States. It was revealed that the average income of the richest 10% is literally 16 times larger than the poorest 10%. It’s very confusing how this came to be, considering how the majority of Americans support increasing taxes for the rich to further assist the poor.
As Oliver explained on Last Week Tonight, America has done this to itself. By implementing strange policies like cutting taxes for the wealthiest Americans in half, it’s no surprise to see the country develop a broken financial system. As mentioned above, Bernie Sanders further assisted in bringing attention to this growing problem. But John Oliver definitely helped get the ball rolling.
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