With an average GDP increase of 1.4 percent over the last 7.75 years (0.8 percent over the last 6.75 years) there wasn’t much extra generated wealth. Worst recovery in over 100 years.2016Even if we just compare the wealth of Trump’s cabinet to the median household, it is still an impressive concentration of riches. It would take about 120,000 households with the the United States median net worth of about $83,200 to match the wealth of just the four richest members of Trump’s cabinet—Betsy DeVos, Wilbur Ross Jr., Linda McMahon, and Rex Tillerson.
With an average GDP increase of 1.4 percent over the last 7.75 years (0.8 percent over the last 6.75 years) there wasn’t much extra generated wealth. Worst recovery in over 100 years.2016Even if we just compare the wealth of Trump’s cabinet to the median household, it is still an impressive concentration of riches. It would take about 120,000 households with the the United States median net worth of about $83,200 to match the wealth of just the four richest members of Trump’s cabinet—Betsy DeVos, Wilbur Ross Jr., Linda McMahon, and Rex Tillerson.