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Wealth Defense Industry: The Real Reason America's Oligarchs Can Squeeze the Rest of Us

Jeffrey A. Winters, In These Times. April 9, 2012.

How the richest of the rich stay on top.

How the Rich Took Over Airport Secuirty

Michael Lind, Salon. March 23, 2012.

Security checks were one of America's most democratic places -- until rich passengers got their own speedy lines

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.

GOP Hits Shameless New Extremes to Protect Interests of Wealthy at the Expense of Everyone Else

David Sirota, Salon. November 15, 2011.

From Iraq to OWS, Republicans are going to increasingly absurd measures to protect the wealthy.

3 Ways Elites Rig the System

Michael Lind, Salon. November 9, 2011.

From low capital gains taxes to stock buy-backs, here are the ways the elites ensure the markets benefit them.

5 Places Where the Rich Got Richer -- Mostly on the Government's Dime

Daniel Denvir, John Paul Dewitt, Salon. October 28, 2011.

In a few islands of prosperity, Americans are flourishing. This is where -- and why.

Why Aren't Ayn Rand's Wealthy "Job Creators" ... Creating Jobs?

John Paul Rollert, New Deal 2.0. September 29, 2011.

The myth of the wealthy "job creator" has been used for years to underscore a harmful vision of capitalism.

Make the Rich Pay More Taxes! How Obama's Pledge to Fight for a Fairer Tax Policy Sets Off the Real Battle of 2012

Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog. September 19, 2011.

The really big fight -- perhaps the defining battle of 2012 -- won't be over Medicare or Obama's jobs program. It will be over whether the rich should pay more taxes.

The Rich Get Tax Breaks for Destroying Jobs? How the Capital Gains Tax Helps the Wealthy and Hurts the Rest of Us

deleted Deleted, Blog for Our Future. September 12, 2011.

Why are "capital gains" taxes so much lower than taxes on other income?

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.

How to Party Like a Billionaire Financier With a 15% Tax Rate

Lynn Parramore, New Deal 2.0. August 22, 2011.

While their fellow Americans face blown-up 401Ks and fruitless job searches, financiers are embracing our current feed-the-rich/screw-the-rest mentality with renewed zest.

Debt, Debt, Debt: 90% of Americans Experience Income Decline As Wealth Gets Sucked Back Into Top .1% -- Debt Explodes As We Try to Make Ends Meet

David DeGraw, Amped Status. August 14, 2011.

Americans have made up for the decline in income by taking on large amounts of debt.

Super Wealthy CEOs Help Crush the American Worker, Then Cry About Class Warfare

Michael Winship, AlterNet. July 31, 2011.

The reckless finance class that torpedoed the economy continues to accuse President Obama of class warfare. Are they kidding?

$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?

CEO of Walmart Makes in One Hour What the Average Employee Makes In a Year: How Skyrocketing Inequality Is Hurting America

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. June 20, 2011.

A new report shows exactly who the top 0.1 percent of Americans with all the wealth are. The question is, what can we do about it?

Sec. Clinton Has A Choice: Protect Americans or Profit The Kochs

Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films. May 22, 2011.

There is a raging battle going on in this country over whether we use our resources to benefit the haves or to protect those who don’t have as much as the most wealthy among us.

The Great Switch by the Super Rich: How Wealthy Americans Started Paying So Little in Taxes

Robert Reich, RobertReich.org. May 20, 2011.

Over the last four decades, tax rates on the very rich have plummeted while loopholes have gotten bigger.

Appalling Greed: Richest 400 Average $270.5 Million Incomes, Pay Almost Nothing in Taxes

Sam Pizzigati, Blog for Our Future. May 16, 2011.

Compare that to 1955, when the country's most affluent made far less money and paid 51 percent of their income in taxes.

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.

Are Rich People Leaving New York? Evidence Points The Other Way

Sunshine Ludder, Chloe Tribich, Clarion. April 13, 2011.

New findings are debunking the old assumption that taxes drive the wealthy away.

Greedy Corporations and the Wealthy Fatten Themselves on the Rest of Us -- Join "We Are One" Rallies to Stop the Freeloaders

Leo Gerard, AlterNet. April 3, 2011.

The rich have been sucking the economic lifeblood from the middle class for decades. Today, "We Are One" rallies are happening all over the country.

"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.

Michael Moore: The Smug Wealthy Have Gone Too Far -- And We're Finally Fighting Back

Michael Moore, MichaelMoore.com. March 6, 2011.

By trying to destroy us corporate America has given birth to a movement -- a movement that is becoming a massive, nonviolent revolt across the country.

Is the Ruination of America Possible?

Sam Harris, Huffington Post. January 5, 2011.

While the United States has suffered the worst recession in living memory, things have only gotten better for the wealthy.

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