Thanks to the Electoral College, leftists have perhaps the final say this November over whether democracy can hold on for at least another four years, or if fascism will take root and infect all facets of the federal government for decades to come.
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"Moral Angst" About Inequality? World's Richest Just Keep Getting Richer
In 2015, the world's richest people were able to sit back and watch their assets grow to a stunning $168 trillion.
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Act Out! [58] - Three Issues with the Panama Papers, and an Anti-Fracking Punk Provocateur
This week, three things you gotta know and consider about the Panama Papers — and no, it has nothing to do with Putin. Then, we have a special interview with Joe Corre, anti-fracking activist in the U.K.
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The 1% Games: More Than 50,000 New Yorkers Pay Zero City Income Taxes
Perhaps you will be pleased to know that the number of New York City households reporting incomes of more than $1 million has climbed by 47 percent. Or maybe you do not see this as good news.
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Republicrat Cartel: America's Two Major Parties And the Chokehold On Democracy
The two dominant machines steering the U.S. electorate have consistently diminished the potential for a freer America – forming a political cartel with the purpose of maintaining concentrated power and restricting or repressing competition.
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The Very Rich and the Rest of Us: Setting the Stage for Class War
If the 1% had taken the same percentage of U.S. income in 2006 as they did in 1980, they'd have sucked $1 trillion less out of the economy. Instead they tripled their share of post-tax income and captured ALL income gains in 2 years of recovery.
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The Truth About Extreme Global Inequality
The richest 300 people on earth have more wealth than the poorest 3 billion. We need to change the rules, and we need to do it quickly.
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The Obscenely Rich Men Bent on Shredding the Safety Net
The Campaign to Fix the Debt is a growing coalition of powerful CEOs, politicians and policy makers on a mission to lower taxes for the rich and cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid in the name of debt reduction.
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To Reduce Inequality, Tax Wealth — Not Income
Whether you’re in the 99 percent, the 47 percent or the 1 percent, inequality in America may threaten your future.
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Lawmakers Exposed: Who Really Works for the 1%?
Do you wonder which members of Congress routinely side with the richest 1 percent and Wall Street? A new “Congressional Report Card for the 99 Percent" answers that question.
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Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1%
In this flashback from May 2011, Joseph Stiglitz writes that 1 percent of the people take nearly a quarter of the nation’s income—an inequality even the wealthy will come to regret.