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- Who Are the Top 1 Percent in America? https://promarket.org/top-1-percent-america-answer-new-research-might-surprise/ 88 comments
- Controlling the wealth of America – top 1 percent control 83 percent of U.S. stocks. http://financemymoney.com/who-controls-wealth-in-america-top-1-percent-own-83-percent-of-stocks-housing-debt-eating-personal-income/ 25 comments politics
- The Shocking Truth About Inequality In America: The Top 1 Percent Have 40 Percent of All Of The Nation’s Wealth http://www.nationalmemo.com/the-shocking-truth-about-inequality-in-america-the-top-1-percent-have-40-percent-of-all-of-the-nations-wealth/#.uwvvueoqsdk.reddit 778 comments politics
- Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., said the top 1 percent of wage earners account for 24 percent of all income in America and asked, "Where are the jobs from the Bush tax cuts?" http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20077307-503544.html 213 comments politics
- Unwealthy in America: New study finds that Top 1 percent hold 37 percent of nation’s wealth. A quarter of US families feel they are under economic stress caused by the Great Recession. http://www.mybudget360.com/unwealthy-in-america-wealth-in-united-states/ 4 comments economy
- Secret Quarter-Billion-Dollar Koch Brothers Political Operation Revealed: The top 1 percent has an investment in destroying middle-class America. http://www.alternet.org/tea-party-and-right/secret-quarter-billion-dollar-koch-brothers-political-operation-revealed?paging=off 976 comments politics
- The 1 Percent's Problem: "Why won't America's 1 percent -- such as the six Walmart heirs, whose wealth equals that of the entire bottom 30 percent -- be a bit more . . . selfish? As the widening financial divide cripples the U.S. economy, even those at the top will pay a steep price." http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/2012/05/joseph-stiglitz-the-price-on-inequality.print 15 comments business