<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><a href="http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/441-occupy/23281-what-if-occupy-protesters-were-armed">http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/04/more-money-more-life-the-depressing-reality-of-inequality-in-america/360895/</a><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; "><h1 class="headline" style="font-size: 34px; margin-top: 3px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.1; text-transform: none; color: rgb(36, 43, 48); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-weight: bold; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; letter-spacing: -0.5px; ">Get Rich, Live Longer: The Ultimate Consequence of Income </h1><h1 class="headline" style="font-size: 34px; margin-top: 3px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; 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clear: both; display: block; line-height: 12px; margin-top: -6px !important; width: auto; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Reuters</div></div><p>Brookings economist <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2014/04/18/the-richer-you-are-the-older-youll-get/" style="color: rgb(0, 89, 140); text-decoration: none; ">Barry Bosworth</a> crunches the data on income and lifespans for the <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2014/04/18/the-richer-you-are-the-older-youll-get/" style="color: rgb(0, 89, 140); text-decoration: none; "><em>Wall Street Journal</em></a>, and the numbers tell three clear stories. </p><p>1. Rich people live longer.</p><p>2. Richer people's lifespans are growing at a faster rate.</p><p>3. The problem is worse for women than for men.</p><p>First, let's look at the guys. A rich man (top decile) born in 1940 can expect to live 10 years longer after he turns 55 than a poor man (bottom decile). That longevity gap grew by four years in one generation.</p></div></div></body></html>