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Dedicated
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caring, prosperous,
and democratic if we narrowed the vast gap
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- Congress Finally, but Gently, Grills the Titans of Hedge Fund America
- Lawmakers do seem to understand the unfairness of an economy that lets hedge funds managers pocket billions of dollars in a single year. But they still haven't recognized that economy's dangerous foolishness. We have more.
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- The Key to Governing-from-the-Middle Success: Targeting the Top
- To govern effectively for the middle of America's economic ladder, as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said after Election Day she wants to do, the new Congress and Obama administration are going to have to take aim at the top. We explain.
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- Amid the Meltdown, a Whole Lot of CEO Pay Shaking Going On
- America's top banking and corporate executives may have driven the U.S. economy into the ditch. But, hey, that's no reason they should take a pay cut, it it? They certainly don't think so. The full greed-renewed story.
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- Cheating Uncle Sam: New Data on the Habits of Deep Pockets
- America's richest have seen the top tax rate on their income drop by half since 1980. Apparently, suggests a new analysis of IRS data on tax cheating, they feel they deserve a bigger discount. We have more.
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- How much does inequality really matter? The simple answer: Nothing matters more. Each and every Monday, the Too Much email weekly explores just why — with updates on the latest stats, research, and analyses that help explain how staggering income and wealth divides are impacting everything from our health to our happiness. See for yourself. Check the current issue, then subscribe today..
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Stat of the Week
Over half the American people, 51 percent, favor “heavy taxes” on the rich to redistribute wealth, according to a Gallup poll conducted this past April, Gallup's most recent survey on attitudes toward taxing wealth. University of Minnesota and Northwestern pollsters have found that 72 percent of Americans feel that “differences in income in America are too large.” |
Quote
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“This election was about change, and the people were not voting for the small change of conventional politics. They were voting for big ideas, for boldness, and — yes — they were even voting to spread wealth to everybody.”
Jim Hightower, Americans Ready
to Share the Wealth, Niagara Falls Reporter,
November 18, 2008
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