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If you wanted an example of how the UK is becoming more like the USA look at the roads.... the appalling state of many roads in the USA partly prompted John Kenneth Galbraith's observation some 50 years ago that the US combined public squalor with private affluence.

Given the concentration of wealth in the UK & the ever growing problem of potholes in roads, a similar observation would seem (and has seemed for some time) apposite for the UK.

#inequality #politics

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2rm8…


Cost of fixing potholes hits £18bn, industry body estimates

Just 51% of the local road network in England and Wales is reported to be in good condition, research suggests.
Theo Leggett (BBC News)
#politics #Inequality

Monday's cartoon for Trouw is on the front page of Le Monde today! 🤩

#TrickleDown #poverty #wealth #inequality

Front page of Le Monde.
Cartoon showing a mountain with three tiers. The top of the mountain is flat and forms the first tier; a villa stands here with a pool on the roof; a lawn with trees and a tennis court surrounds it, as well as a high wall. The second tier is also surrounded by a wall and consists of middle class houses. The lowest and smallest tier is crammed full of slum dwellings. Sewer pipes and garbage chutes jut out from the first and second tier and rain down brown sludge and garbage onto the slums on the third tier.
#Inequality #poverty #wealth #trickledown

‘Unbelievably unequal’: report shows how 1% of #Mexicans own 40% of country’s wealth theguardian.com/world/2026/mar… #inequality

‘Unbelievably unequal’: report shows how 1% of Mexicans own 40% of country’s wealth

Fortunes of the country’s 22 billionaires doubled in last five years, reaching unprecedented collective wealth of $219bn
Oscar Lopez (The Guardian)
#Inequality #mexicans

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