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Quote of the Week

admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:00:46 +0000

"If income is relatively evenly distributed and there are not very sharp differences between rich and poor, you have a greater sense of community. You have a greater sense of trust. You do not have parts of the community that have superior access to the political system that they can use to advance their own interests." Francis Fukuyama, Where Is the Uprising from the Left? Spiegel, February 1, 2012

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The ‘Buffett Rule’ in History’s Grand Sweep

Sam — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:11:33 +0000

President Obama has proposed a specific new minimum tax rate for millionaires. Should America's rich feel angry or relieved? We check the IRS tax data archives for an answer. Read more . . .

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Greed at a Glance

admin — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 06:18:16 +0000

Giving birth as a luxury event . . . The class war battle within the top 1 percent . . . CEOs whose companies make prescription drugs make mega millions. So do the CEOs whose companies deliver them.

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Stat of the Week

admin — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 06:16:46 +0000

Mitt Romney has company at tax time. The number of America’s super rich paying less than 15 percent of their incomes in federal taxes has tripled since 1999. In 2008, 131 of the nation’s top 400 incomes had an under 15 percent tax liability.

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January 23, 2012 Too Much Weekly: Prayers for Mitt?

Sam — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:14:22 +0000

The GOP Presidential hopeful from Bain Capital has become a walking, talking object lesson on how our plutocracy works — and why we desperately need to end it . . . How bossy billionaires can now boss forever.

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Should We All Start Praying for Mitt Romney?

Sam — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:22:23 +0000

The GOP Presidential hopeful from Bain Capital has become a walking, talking object lesson on how plutocracy works — and why we desperately need to end it.

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January 16, 2012 Too Much Weekly: The Tax Gap

Sam — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:08:14 +0000

The rich don't much like paying taxes when tax rates run high. They don't much like paying taxes when tax rates run low either . . . Martin Luther King Jr and inequality . . . Privacy and private equity.

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Law and Order 24/7, Except at Tax Time

Sam — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 02:21:13 +0000

The rich don't much like paying taxes when tax rates run high. They don't much like paying taxes when tax rates run low either.

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January 9, 2012 Too Much Weekly: Behold the SWAG

Sam — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:03:42 +0000

Today's swaggering rich are increasingly stuffing their dollars into investments that do America's 99 percent not one whit of good . . . Tracking a decade of growing inequality . . . Wilbur Ross, our petulant plutocrat of the week.

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Behold and Beware Our New ‘SWAG’ Economy

Sam — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 19:18:46 +0000

Today's swaggering rich are increasingly stuffing their dollars into investments that do America's 99 percent not one whit of good.

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