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1949 one percenters.jpg|[https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/tax-policy-history-by-for-1-percent/ From the 1920s to today, American tax policy has evolved to reflect one principle—the investor comes first—with disastrous implications for the rest of us]
1949 one percenters.jpg|[https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/tax-policy-history-by-for-1-percent/ From the 1920s to today, American tax policy has evolved to reflect one principle—the investor comes first—with disastrous implications for the rest of us]
Grocery Store.png|[https://www.commondreams.org/news/cbo-big-beautiful-bill CBO Confirms With Trump-GOP 'Big, Ugly Law,' Working Families Lose 'And Billionaires Win']
Grocery Store.png|[https://www.commondreams.org/news/cbo-big-beautiful-bill CBO Confirms With Trump-GOP 'Big, Ugly Law,' Working Families Lose 'And Billionaires Win']
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==Articles==
==Articles==
===== The Biggest Political Con of the Last Century Unmasked: But Why?????? =====
[https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/5/21/2323602/-The-Biggest-Political-Con-of-the-Last-Century-Unmasked-But-Why?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web by thomhartmann 21/5/25 DAILY KOS]
Almost two-thirds of us Americans can’t afford the basic necessities of life, according to a new report from the Ludwig Institute for Shared Economic Prosperity (LISEP) reported by CBS News. They point out that if unemployment numbers included the underemployed and those stuck in “poverty-wage jobs,” it would be around 24%, not the 4.2% recently reported, leading to an acknowledgement of a widespread misery that’s largely hidden by the way we currently calculate unemployment.
=====Why Did the Rich Pull Away from the Rest? Paul Krugman, Understanding Inequality: Part I=====
=====Why Did the Rich Pull Away from the Rest? Paul Krugman, Understanding Inequality: Part I=====
[https://stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/why-did-the-rich-pull-away-from-the-rest-paul-krugman-understanding-inequality-part-i/ by Paul Krugman July 7, 2025 Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality]
[https://stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/why-did-the-rich-pull-away-from-the-rest-paul-krugman-understanding-inequality-part-i/ by Paul Krugman July 7, 2025 Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality]