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Paul Krugman, "We are the 99.9% - 0 views

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>"Between 1979 and 2005 the inflation-adjusted, after-tax income of Americans in the middle of the income distribution rose 21 percent. The equivalent number for the richest 0.1 percent rose 400 percent. For the most part, these huge gains reflected a dramatic rise in the super-elite's share of pretax income. But there were also large tax cuts favoring the wealthy. In particular, taxes on capital gains..... >"Few of the 0.1% are in professions in which there is a clear relationship between someone's income and his economic contribution.... [So we] But they should ignore all the propaganda about "job creators" and demand that the super-elite pay substantially more in taxes."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">>"Between 1979 and 2005 the inflation-adjusted, after-tax income of Americans in the middle of the income distribution rose 21 percent. The equivalent number for the richest 0.1 percent rose 400 percent. For the most part, these huge gains reflected a dramatic rise in the super-elite's share of pretax income. But there were also large tax cuts favoring the wealthy. In particular, taxes on capital gains..... >"Few of the 0.1% are in professions in which there is a clear relationship between someone's income and his economic contribution.... [So we] But they should ignore all the propaganda about "job creators" and demand that the super-elite pay substantially more in taxes." </div>

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For Business, Golden Days; For Workers, the Dross-Floyd Norris - 0 views

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[Since 1929], there was never a period when as much as 9 percent of American gross domestic product went to companies in the form of after-tax profits. Now the figure is over 10 percent. [And] there never was a quarter when wage and salary income amounted to less than 45 percent of the economy. Now the figure is below 44 percent.... Effective tax rates, both corporate and personal, are well below where they were during most of the post-World War II era.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">[Since 1929], there was never a period when as much as 9 percent of American gross domestic product went to companies in the form of after-tax profits. Now the figure is over 10 percent. [And] there never was a quarter when wage and salary income amounted to less than 45 percent of the economy. Now the figure is below 44 percent.... Effective tax rates, both corporate and personal, are well below where they were during most of the post-World War II era. </div>

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Perry & other flat tax proposals favor rich-AlbanyTimesUnion - 0 views

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The Emerging "Coffee Party" Movement & coincidental convergence - 1 views

Americans' Break for Coffee: "Let's wake up, smell the coffee, and converse civilly about America's ABCs" (Incomplete write-up-2/14/10) A. Our Government is Paralyzed Americans Break for Coff...

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ECONOMICS & UNIN - 0 views

ECONOMICS & UNINSURED An individual's lack of health insurance affects everyone in the country economically, so requiring it is constitutional.  When the uninsured person goes to the ER, t...

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Reagan's tax writer against Reaganomics now (Bruce Bartlett) - 0 views

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Poll finds most Americans are unhappy with government - washingtonpost.com - 0 views

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But only 1/8 very familiar with Tea Party, with favorable ratings split. Sarah Palin has lost popularity.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">But only 1/8 very familiar with Tea Party, with favorable ratings split. Sarah Palin has lost popularity.</div>

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Responses to P. Chen, http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/11/letting-doctors-make-the... - 0 views

1  . Old Colonial Texas, now August 11th, 2011 1:10 pm What is critical here is the concept of long-term relationships between doctors and their patients, which most states are now destr...

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