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you should support this movement because it's in your best interest to fight for greater wealth equality in the United States.
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Why is it in my interest to have greater wealth equality? Is it in my interest because of a pragmatic economic impact, or because of some moral imperative? Should we only be concerned about wealth equality in a national context, or should the national context merely be the priority?
Please, be lengthy in your answers.
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These are people who have been hit extremely hard by the recent economic recession, people who "are forced to choose between groceries and rent, and working long hours for little pay if we're working at all."
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Indeed, the great recession is a bitch, but I fail to see why this means their proposed solutions are correct or even that they've correctly recognized the problem. Really, I've trouble seeing the connection between America's
GINI Coefficient (link) and our current economic woes.
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Also, unless I'm missing something, the $300k figure deals with household income. For a single person the figure would be $150k.