Please describe what you see depicted below and discuss how California compares to the US as a whole on this issue? Why is this situation a problem and what solutions might be put in place to lessen this divide?

1965 1973 1978 WIDENING GAP BETWEEN 1989 1993 1996 2000 2005 2011 Change in wealth inequality RICH AND POOR IN USA 1983 2010 $ 2010 median household $9,599,000 top 1% $16,439,000 1:19 ratio of poor to rich 1: 131 1: 288 Change in income inequality 2009 $ 1987 2009 $778,000 $1,200,000 1:19 1:34 O O O $41,030 O $35,740 $73,000 $57,000