Post 25: Where is America on the Gini Index?

After finding out that America is placed at number 40 on the Gini Index, it's very shocking. Americans believe that our country is perfect and should not be that high. Especially when comparing us to nations in Europe that we like to believe we are equal to, why is it that they are so low on the Gini Index but we are so high? America seriously needs to get our act together in order to improve this economic downer.