Tag: poor

If between 1979 and 2018, the American economy almost tripled in size, so where did the gains go? Most went to the top.

In 2016, the top 1 percent paid 37.3 percent of individual income taxes.

Real people in the real world, those not at the top, have experienced a decade of ever greater instability, while the inequality gap of this beyond-gilded age is sure to shape a truly messy world ahead.

"This is about politicians catching up to where Americans have been."

This inequality is unsustainable. It’s literally tearing America apart.

Trump perfected the art of using bankruptcy to shield himself from the consequences of bad decisions – socialism for the rich at its worst – while leaving employees twisting in the wind.

The harshest impacts of climate change are reserved specifically for the poor, the marginalized, the displaced, and in this case, the unauthorized.

The following facts should have been reported by the mainstream media, but unfortunately most of that media is controlled by the very people who have reason to hide the facts.

As one of the most unequal nations in the entire world, America is also, in many ways, one of the most poverty-stricken.

We just have to hope Americans have learned about the greed and deception of that arena full of super-rich.