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- wait... are the wealthiest 1% REALLY whining they're finally gonna hafta pay their fair share in taxes? "on behalf of the 11,000,000+ american families living in homes with 'negative equity' … up yours." http://reverendmanny.com/2010/09/20/the-the-sheer-the-pure-the-satchel-of-these-greedfiends/ 228 comments politics
- Where do the wealthiest 1% live? A report by Oxfam caused a stir by predicting that the wealthiest 1% will soon own more than the rest of the world's population http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30949796 557 comments worldnews
- Between 2001 and 2014, the wealthiest 1% of American men/women lived 14/10 years longer than the poorest 1%, making poverty a powerful indicator for death. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/06/us-healthcare-wealth-income-inequality-lifespan 1662 comments science
- The US, the world’s wealthiest industrial nation, falls to 41st place world-wide in prevention of newborn deaths: The US has a neonatal mortality rate of 4.3 per 1,000 live births placing it even with Qatar (4.3) and worse than Poland (4.0), Cuba (2.9), South Korea (2.2.) and Cyprus (1.6). http://wsws.org/articles/2011/sep2011/mort-s03.shtml 23 comments politics