"In 2010, 15.1 percent of all persons lived in poverty. The poverty rate in 2010 was the highest poverty rate since 1993. Between 1993 and 2000, the poverty rate fell each year, reaching 11.3 percent in 2000." Poverty rates are growing and are at their highest since 1993.

"School census figures back him up on that point - about 30 percent of eligible Richmond residents don't attend city schools. "

"The study, published ahead of this week's annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, suggests that by 2016 the gap between the world's rich and poor will widen to the extent that those at the top of the income pile will control over 50% of total global wealth. That percentage is up from 48% in 2014." According to a study, the richest 1% is expected to own more than half of the world's money by 2016

" In New York City, the nation's largest school system, on average student outcomes and their opportunity to learn are more determined by the neighborhood where a child lives, than his or her abilities." Children are having their futures predetermined by the enviorment and the school systems they are a part of. This leads children with promising talents unable to utilize them due to lack of resources in their schools.

"The wealth gap between America's high income group and everyone else has reached record high levels since the economic recovery from the Great Recession of 2007-09" Income inequality is becoming an increasingly growing problem in the U.S. The income gap between classes is at its largest since the recession. This has led to the upper class having a salary 6.6 times larger than other classes.