Here’s more bait for the leftists.

I’ve heard it said that “the rich are getting richer, and the poor are getting poorer.” But a recent article I read has confused me. Hopefully someone can straighten me out. Here’s an excerpt.

**The number of U.S. households with a net worth of more than $5 million, excluding their primary residence, surged 23 percent to surpass one million for the first time in 2006, according to a survey released on Tuesday.

The survey by Chicago-based Spectrem Group found that the number of U.S. households with more than $5 million rose from 930,000 in 2005. In 1996, there were only 250,000 U.S. households in the “ultra-rich” category, Spectrem said.**

Here’s where I need help. How could more people be getting rich? If there is a small group of people at the top hoarding all the money, how could this group have grown by over 750k people? Where on earth are NEW rich people coming from? It doesn’t make any sense.

Hmmm, maybe this is a good answer. I bet it’s President Bush! He gets all the money from Iraq’s oil, and then he buys the whole world! And he’s like “hey you, come here and give me your money!” And all the poor people have to sell their Escalades and Jordans and have to start eating dirt. It’s so sad.