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Obama's new Cabinet picks face big challenges - CNN.com - 0 views

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  • Walmart Foundation chief Sylvia Mathews Burwell was nominated to head the Office of Management and Budget, Ernest Moniz was named to lead the Energy Department, and assistant EPA administrator Gina McCarthy was Obama's choice for the Environmental Protection Agency.
  • The two sides have failed to reach an agreement to avert mandatory, across-the-board spending cuts that took effect Friday. In addition to the cuts -- which amount to $85 billion through the next seven months of the current fiscal year -- a possible government shutdown looms at the end of this month
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The Richest 1% Have Captured America's Wealth -- What's It Going to Take to Get It Back... - 0 views

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  • February 16, 2010  |       Like this article?Join our email list:Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email.       if (typeof window.GA_googleFillSlotWithSize == 'function') { GA_googleFillSlotWithSize('ca-pub-5155643920455169', 'AlterNet_Economy_300', 300, 250); }   This is Part II of David DeGraw's report, "The Economic Elite vs. People of the USA."
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Poverty In America - Business Insider - 0 views

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  • Eric Platt
  • 46.2 million Americans are under the poverty line — that's 15.7 percent of the country
  • 1-in-15 American households earned less than $11,406, the second highest percentage since 1967
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  • Median household incomes fell 1.5 percent to $50,100
  • The bottom 10 percent of earners made the same amount of money in 2011 as they did in 1994
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    Short article highlighting the census bureau's latest statistics on poverty. Links to charts from the CB. Gives a list of statistics on poverty in US.
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AmpedStatus - Knowledge Is Power - 0 views

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  • t’s time to Occupy Democracy
  • Through a system of legalized bribery — campaign finance, lobbying and the revolving door between Washington and the most powerful global corporations — our government has devolved into a rigged system of exploitation.
  • we will focus our energy on striking at the root of evil by ending the system of political bribery that holds our future hostage.
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  • The first is a Public Service Announcement campaign to pump the message out to the masses. Here’s the first 30-second spot to come out of the new 99% Get Money Out campaign:
  • The second effort is a campaign that I am currently focusing my time on, and is without a doubt the most ambitious project I have ever been part of. The #MoneyOutPack is a collaborative community and social network dedicated to, you guessed it, getting money out of politics and combating government corruption. The campaign and website are still in development, but it is a highly participatory citizen empowered movement driven by a decentralized and distributed network of power, effectively maximizing and riding the wave of communication technology that the internet has created for new movements of change to thrive.
  • Jessica Olsen on 02 Feb 13
     
    The 99% movement, article about non-profit activities that are political. Wall-Street is under attack by this group who wants to change the hands that all the money is in.
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Poverty in America likely to get worse, report finds | Business | guardian.co.uk - 0 views

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    UK article
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