Top 1 Percent

Income Inequality Worse Under Obama Than George W. Bush

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 04.11.2012

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President Obama may talk a big game about economic fairness, but his record on the issue doesn't quite match up. There are lots of reasons to think...

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You Can't Say That

Bill Zimmerman | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: 99 Percent, Top 1 Percent, U.S. Economic Crisis, War in Afghanistan, Military Spending, Vietnam War, Politics News

Common sense solutions like these, while painfully obvious, are entirely inadmissible within mainstream political dialogue. Why is that? Why can't common sense be applied to our defense expenditures, which now are almost equal to the rest of the world combined?

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What One Percenters Are Worried About

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 03.14.2012

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Worried about losing your job? Afraid you'll hit retirement age with nothing in the bank? The richest people in America apparently feel your pain. ...

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How the Fed Steals for the 1%

Tom Mullen | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: Top 1 Percent, Occupy Wall Street Movement, The Fed, We Are the 99 Percent, Occupy Wall Street, Politics News

The Occupiers mistakenly blame capitalism, but it is not capitalism that is behind this inequity. It is the completely anti-capitalist Federal Reserve System.

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The Widening Wealth Divide, and Why We Need a Surtax on the Super Wealthy

Robert Reich | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: Tax Cuts, Taxes, Top 1 Percent, Wealth Inequality, Economic Inequality, Income Inequality, Inequality, Business News

Let Santorum and Romney duke it out for who will cut taxes on the wealthy the most and shred the public services everyone else depends on. The rest of us ought to be having a serious discussion about a wealth tax.

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Turns Out Recovery Is For The Rich

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 03.05.2012

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Technically, the economy has been in recovery for two years. But it turns out the rich have been doing most of the recovering. In 2010 -- the first...

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A Rally To 'Save The 1 Percent'

Mother Jones | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: 1 Percent, Country Club, Top 1 Percent, Occupy, Occupy Wall Street, Ows, San Francisco News

Located a short drive from the cute Main Street, the grounds of the Castlewood Country Club once surrounded a 53-room mansion inhabited by Phoebe Appe...

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Welcome To The Richest Zip Codes In The United States

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 02.26.2012

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It may be only five numbers long, but a zip code can say a lot about a person. Like if they have rich neighbors, for example. Of 29,000 zip codes e...

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Class Warfare: Which Side Are You on?

Bob Burnett | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: 99 Percent, Class Warfare, We Are the 99 Percent, Which Side Are You On, Mitt Romney, Top 1 Percent, Ani DiFranco, Barack Obama, Politics News

The 2012 election will be a referendum on the economy and Obama's leadership. But at another, deeper level, the election will be about class warfare.

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Gingrich Is Now a Socialist, and Other Lessons From New Hampshire

Ethan Rome | Posted 03.12.2012

In the debates and campaign ads leading up to the New Hampshire primary a new strain of Republican politics has suddenly surfaced -- a brand of compassionate capitalism that, were it to come from President Obama, Newt Gingrich would describe as socialism.

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The Richest People To Have Recently Run For President

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Jon Huntsman, Wealth, Bain Capital, Luxury Brands, Huntsman Corporation, Mitt Romney, Top 1 Percent, Restore Our Future, Gary Johnson, Election 2012, Presidential Election 2012, Wealth-X, Business News

Regardless of whether Mitt Romney eventually secures the presidency this year, he's already cemented his place in recent election history. The for...

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Restaurant Hurt By Occupy Wall Street Closes, Donald Trump Takes Over

The Huffington Post | Nate C. Hindman | Posted 01.08.2012

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A local New York restaurant that saw business drop off as Occupy Wall Street protests erupted nearby has finally shut its doors -- and will be taken o...

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IRS Audits Of Millionaires Jump By Roughly A Third

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 01.05.2012

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What do the Occupy movement and IRS have in common? They're both taking an interest in the one percent. Tax audits for millionaires jumped in fisca...

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The 99 Percent: Income Inequality by the Numbers

Jason Salzman | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: 99 Percent, Occupy Wall Street, Top 1 Percent, Income Gap, Wage Stagnation, Wealth, Wealth Gap, Income Inequality, Denver News

In all the hubbub of police marching in riot gear and protestors fleeing, chroniclers of the Occupy Movement sometimes forget to remind us what's at the heart of the matter. So, here's a crib sheet for anyone writing about Occupy in 2012.

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Rich Less Likely To Be Attuned To Others' Suffering, Study Finds

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 12.22.2011

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Social psychologists are making an argument that Occupy Wall Street protesters have been saying for months: Many rich people just aren't in the habit ...

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House Republicans: Gambling With Millions of Lives

Deborah Weinstein | Posted 02.20.2012

Read More: Working Poor, Payroll Tax Cut Extension, Child Tax Credit, Long-Term Unemployment, Payroll Tax Cut, We Are the 99 Percent, Unemployment Insurance, Jobs, Top 1 Percent, Payroll Tax, Politics News

When the House Republicans blew up a bipartisan Senate plan to continue unemployment insurance and the payroll tax cut for two months, they made it clear that they were willing to use the 99 percent as bargaining chips in their fight to protect the top 1 percent.

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Millionaires Buy Eight-Figure Properties While Foreclosures Hit Nation Hard

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 12.22.2011

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If you want an example of how one percenters differ from everyone else, look no further than the housing market. In a year when a pipeline of forec...

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Occupy Denver: Protesters Evicted, Set Structures On Fire (PHOTOS)

Posted 12.20.2011

Denver Police in riot gear clashed with Occupy Denver again last night around midnight, forcibly clearing out approximately 40 protesters from Civic C...

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Three-Fourths Of Americans Say The Rich Have Too Much Power: Poll

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 12.15.2011

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The major contention of Occupy Wall Street -- that America is a country where a tiny slice of the population controls a disproportionate amount of the...

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You Need To Make At Least $493K A Year To Be NYC's Official 1%

Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Independent Budget Office, 99 Percent, Wall Street Protest, New York City Taxes, James Oddo, Ny News, Occupy Wall Street, Top 1 Percent, The 1 Percent, New York News, Video, New York News

Councilman James Oddo, one of the few Republicans on City Council, thought Occupy Wall Street was unfair in their assessment of the top one percent. ...

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Recession Hurt The One Percent, Yet The Wealth Gap Remains Huge

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 01.23.2012

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The recession was hard on everyone, even the one percent. Just not enough to put too large a dent in the overall wealth gap. Income for the very hi...

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'Wealth Defense Industry' Protects 1% From the Rabble and Its Taxes

Dan Froomkin | Posted 02.12.2012

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Occupy protesters are putting their bodies on the line day and night -- leaving their homes, living in tents, braving the elements, and being treated as criminals by the police. But the super-rich whose influence they are protesting have others to do their fighting for them.

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An Open Letter To The 1 Percent

Troy Jackson | Posted 02.11.2012

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During this time of financial crisis and economic disparity, we affirm the God-given dignity of every person. We believe God loves all 100 percent of us and wants to use us to create a more just society.

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Globalization 2.0: A Century for Sale, Any Taker?

Eric X. Li | Posted 02.05.2012

Read More: American Century, Chinese Century, Income Inequality, We Are the 99 Percent, Globalization, Top 1 Percent, United States, China, Globalization 2.0, World News

Who will own this young century of ours? While there is little uncertainty to China's approach, America's path is the unknown. Will it retreat and rebuild the American nation, or will it allow its 1% to continue its universal project paid for by a mortgage on the future of the 99%?

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UPDATE: Honk For Hancock, Hick.. Why Not Occupy Denver?

Posted 12.07.2011

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Occupy Denver and their lawyers, led by prominent civil rights attorney David Lane, squared off against the City of Denver in court Monday, 9News repo...

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