According to some people living in San Jose, it has become much harder for the poor to get ahead due to the increased inequality.

部分圣何塞居民称，由于不平等现象加剧，穷人要取得成功更加困难。

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The fact that a few people get very rich while a majority remains poor seemed of little importance as long as the GDP figures looked impressive.

事实上，一些人变得十分的富有然而大多数的人仍然十分贫穷似乎并不重要，只要GDP数据看来可观就行。

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“The poor were hoping to get a piece out of this big cake,” Morero said. “Unfortunately, it’s like having 10 people — eight of whom are poor.

“穷人都希望能够从这个大蛋糕中分得一点，”莫里路说，“不幸的是，就像有10个人，其中8个是穷人。

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We live in a society where the rich people get things for free and the poor people have to pay for everything.

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We also want the people with the best ideas to get the most money, and for poor ideas to remain unfunded.

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So not only is it the right thing to do, it's the smart thing to do for us to grow, to make sure that middle-class families are strong and people who are poor and willing to work hard to get into the middle class, that they've got a chance. (Applause.) That's our vision.

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