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How Rich Executives Extract Concessions From Workers -- While Playing the Good Guy in Public

Laura Clawson, Daily Kos. February 6, 2012.

That's what's on the rise: Management attempting to exercise control over their workers -- in a brutal display of power. Give in to us or lose your paycheck right now.

10 Ultra-Rich Congresspeople Who 'Represent' Some of the Most Financially Screwed Districts

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. December 27, 2011.

Members of Congress have only gotten richer over the last 25 years, while their constituents have gotten poorer.

Grover Norquist's Real Game: Shifting Power and Wealth to the 1 Percent

Donald Cohen, Peter Dreier, AlterNet. December 20, 2011.

Norquist's real mission has been government that serves corporate America.

Perpetual National Elections Make the Top 1% Richer

Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com. December 11, 2011.

The presidential campaign season keeps getting longer, and more expensive, allowing the uber-rich to effectively control our democracy.

The Destructiveness of Remote U.S Wars

William Astore, TomDispatch.com. December 8, 2011.

Here’s an American fact: the 99% are far too remote from our wars of choice and those who fight them. To reclaim the latter, we must end the former.

Class Segregation: Rich Hunker Down in Wealthy Enclaves -- Leaving the Rest of America's Neighborhoods to Deteriorate

Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. November 27, 2011.

America's rich haven't just become richer, according to a new study. They've become far more likely to live among their own kind.

Republican Jobs Plan: An Economy for the 1%

Leo Gerard, AlterNet. October 24, 2011.

Go back, the Republicans are saying. Reprise unfettered, irresponsible Wall Street, the Republicans demand.

Activists in New York Target 'Governor 1 Percent': Cuomo Under Fire for Refusing to Extend Millionaire's Tax

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. October 19, 2011.

Tuesday night, Occupy Wall Street protesters marched to give New York Governor Cuomo the message: Stand with the people, not the 1%.

$260 Million After Death? How Rich Executives Make Money From Beyond the Grave

s.e. smith, AlterNet. September 19, 2011.

Under "golden coffin" arrangements, CEOs who die while still employed may be entitled to lavish payouts upon death.

New Census Report Says 1 in 6 Americans Live in Poverty; Real Numbers Even Higher

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. September 14, 2011.

According to the US Census, 46.2 million people lived in poverty last year in the United States. Economist Heidi Shierholz explains why the real number is even bigger.

How 'Small Government' Conservatives Raise Your Taxes Through Stealthy Back-Door Fees

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. September 9, 2011.

From drivers' licenses to public schools, state and local governments are raising money any way they can--all while cutting taxes on the rich.

4 Ways Government Policy Favors the Rich and Keeps the Rest of Us Poor

Jake Blumgart, AlterNet. September 2, 2011.

While most Americans struggle in the face of the recession, the rich are enjoying the benefits of policies that redistribute wealth upward--and crying class war if we complain.

The Global Tax Dodgers: How Big Business Keeps Money Overseas Instead of Creating Jobs at Home

William Lazonick, New Deal 2.0. August 31, 2011.

Economist William Lazonick explores why American business leaders have taken a hike on the nation.

GOP and Tea Party Mobs Determined to Raise Taxes -- On the Poor

Mark Howard, AlterNet. August 22, 2011.

High-profile members of the right-wing like to claim that "half the country doesn't pay taxes." It's a straight-up lie.

Meet the Global Financial Elites Controlling $46 Trillion In Wealth

David DeGraw, Amped Status. August 11, 2011.

The economic elite have at least $46 trillion in wealth – but who are they? We look at the people and the industries picking the pockets of the working class.

$230,000 For a Guard Dog: Why the Wealthy Are Afraid Of Violence From Below

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. July 29, 2011.

As inequality in the US grows, the ultra-rich are pouring their spare cash not just into private jets, but into private security. Think there's a connection?

If the Top 25 Hedge Fund Managers Paid Taxes Like You and Me, We'd Cut 44 Billion of the National Deficit

RJ Eskow, The Smirking Chimp. June 30, 2011.

To see where the Republicans' priorities are, just look at how they treat 25 people--the top 25 hedge fund managers in the country.

Chomsky: Wealthiest 1% Rule Our Politics -- But There's Hope in the Fight Against Global Capital

Noam Chomsky, Michael Lerner, Tikkun. June 14, 2011.

In the past thirty years there has been enormous concentration of wealth in a very tiny part of the population. Noam Chomsky talks about how to fight back.

13 Conservative Myths About Taxes -- Debunked

Terrance Heath, Campaign for America's Future. May 1, 2011.

Economic evidence disproves what conservatives think they know about taxes.

"Tax, Tax, Tax the Rich!" Calls to Tax Wealthy Making Right Wingers Sweat?

Sam Pizzigati, Blog for Our Future. March 20, 2011.

A simple but powerful chant is now starting to reverberate, all across the country, in protests against budgets cuts gone wild.

Greedy Bankers Are Like Coke Fiends

Tony Schwartz, AlterNet. November 4, 2010.

It would be wonderful if the people responsible for the financial crisis learned lessons from the worldwide havoc and suffering they helped to prompt. Don't hold your breath

Are the Right-Wingers Stoking Islam Fury Invested in a Never-Ending War?

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. August 23, 2010.

The right-wing freak-out over the Islamic community center hurts U.S. efforts in Afghanistan. Think they care?

Massive Race Divide: Blacks Will Never Gain Wealth Equality With Whites Under the Current System

Glen Ford, Black Agenda Report. May 21, 2010.

A new study shows African Americans are tumbling out of the nation's economic orbit on a tragic trajectory that will never let them achieve parity with whites.

'Centrist' Dem in the Senate Offers a Health Care Proposal George Bush Would Love

Marie Cocco, Washington Post Writers Group. September 22, 2009.

The Baucus proposal includes a tax intended to dupe the public into thinking it soaks the rich. In truth, it would stick it to millions in the middle class.

New Study Exposes 2007 as the Year of the Super-Rich

New Study Exposes 2007 as the Year of the Super-Rich

Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. August 18, 2009.

In 2007, the year before the Great Recession began, America's super rich partied — as never before. The evidence? We look at the year's freshly crunched income numbers.

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