If you’re rich, it’s because you’re lucky
Whether you live in America or in a foreign country, the wealth and education level of your parents and the quality of your social networks influence your income level more than hard work and effort,...
View ArticleA Thanksgiving for all
Our opinion:As a wealthy nation gives thanks, we recognize that blessings are unevenly shared, but that we have the tools to change that. Thanksgiving Day is for many Americans an opportunity to...
View ArticleTop 1 percent has enough of the pie
America has never been wealthier, but “virtually every dime of that increase in our per capital national income” has gone “to the top 1 percent,” says Robert Creamer in the Huffington Post. Cutting...
View ArticleMoney can buy you freedom
When an impoverished mother is carted off to jail for leaving two small children alone in her car to attend a job interview, while a DuPont heir is sentenced to probation instead of prison for raping...
View ArticleArguments favoring rich wrong on wealth gap
The article “Cheers, jeers for huge pay cut,” April 20, was a sad commentary on the state of the economic divide. It is really hard to believe how wacko the arguments have gotten in favor of wealth...
View ArticleEncourage rich to share wealth
The top 1 percent control American politics and that’s a problem. Distributing less wealth through inheritance and more through philanthropy should be encouraged. Bill Gates and Warren Buffet were part...
View ArticleTerror and lobbying put D.C. in the lap of luxury
The Washington region is thriving in a Gilded Age, fueled by massive spending on the war on terror and political influence, writes Kelley Vlahos at the American Conservative. Quoting Mike Lofgren, a...
View ArticleRacial wealth gap is significant
The article “Trump tax docs reignite debate,” Oct. 3, brought to light the inequalities in our current tax code that disproportionately advantage wealthy individuals. While it is alarming that a...
View ArticleAmerican democratic system being examined
The presidential election has started a revision of the image of the United States. The combined opportunities of capitalism and democratic processes resulted in some 2 percent owning more than 90...
View ArticlePlutocracy, then anarchy and then a police state
The grand experiment in liberal democracy is failing. We are now officially a plutocracy with a few billionaires controlling 90 percent of the wealth and the rest of us scratching around on the bottom...
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