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Law and order 24/7, except at tax tim...

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.

Law and order 24/7, except at tax time
posted on: Jan 18, 2012 | author: sam pizzigati

Behold and beware: Our new ‘SWA...

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

Behold and beware: Our new ‘SWAG’ economy
posted on: Jan 9, 2012 | author: sam pizzigati

America’s greedist: The 2011 to...

One puts on football pageants. Another makes millions on a virtual farm. From Too Much, the Institute for Policy Studies inequality weekly, we present the year’s ten most avaricious. All ten remind us just how much needs to change, economically and politically, in 2012 and beyond.

America’s greedist: The 2011 top ten edition
posted on: Dec 13, 2011 | author: sam pizzigati

On Wall Street, still ’tis the ...

Financial industry insiders are grousing about a big downturn in annual bonuses. They should be thanking the rest of us — bombshell new research shows — for their continuing awesome good tidings.

On Wall Street, still ’tis the season to be jolly?
posted on: Dec 6, 2011 | author: sam pizzigati

The alchemy of our awesomely affluent

Today’s super rich can’t turn tin into gold. But they can get Uncle Sam to loan them free money. At the expense, of course, of America’s bottom 99 percent.

The alchemy of our awesomely affluent
posted on: Nov 29, 2011 | author: sam pizzigati

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