I 2006 havde Danmark, Sverige, Finland, Slovenien og Tjekkiet de mindste indkomstspænd, og disse lande har i mange år haft en stabil årlig vækst i BNP, hvilket adskiller sig væsentligt fra de lande, der har det største indkomstspænd, nemlig Letland, Litauen, Portugal og Grækenland samt desværre mit eget land Polen.
In 2006 the countries with the lowest disparities in income were Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Slovenia and the Czech Republic, and these countries have for many years enjoyed stable annual GDP growth, which is quite different from those countries that have the highest disparities in income, such as Latvia, Lithuania, Portugal and Greece as well as, unfortunately, my own country, Poland.