It’s not just in the U.S., and it’s worse than you think. Read this Washington Post article on the superrich of the world. They’re not like you and me.

Today, the world’s more than 1,100 billionaires have a net worth that’s roughly double that of the bottom 2.5 billion people on the planet. The richest 10 percent of adults worldwide own 85 percent of global wealth, while the poorest half only barely one percent. The world’s almost 10 million millionaires have seen their wealth double to nearly $37 trillion over the past 10 years.