另类声音：该不该谴责贫富差距(图)

贫富差距在扩大

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　　Americans may have been distracted by two reports reminding them of a widening gap between the rich and poor.

　　美国民众可能已被有关贫富差距正在加大的两个报告转移了注意力。

　　The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and the Economic Policy Institute, two liberal research groups, put out a state-by-state breakdown of Census Bureau data, which found nine states (led by New York) in which the richest 20 percent of households now earn at least 11 times the income of the poorest 20 percent. This indicated a much sharper disparity between the top and bottom than existed two decades ago.

　　两个自由派研究团体——预算与政策优先抉择中心以及经济政策研究所，发布了其对人口统计局数据的各州细目分类分析报告，指出有9个州(以纽约为首)最富有的20%家庭目前的收入至少是最贫穷的20%的11倍。这表明社会上层与底层之间的差距比20年前更为显著。

　　Then the Federal Reserve Bank released its latest survey of consumer finances. It showed that the average net worth of families earning less than $10,000 a year had fallen by ＄ 6,600 over the past three years, while households earning more than $100,000 a year had seen their wealth jump by more than $300,000.

　　然后，联邦储备银行也公布了最新的消费者资金调查报告，指出家庭收入少于每年1万美元的，在过去3年里其平均净资产减少了6600美元，而那些家庭收入超过每年10万美元的却增长了30多万。