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Inequality in U.S. today is similar to 1929 and Gilded Age

June 11, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg

Author Sam Pizzigati says that inequity and plutocracy are so bad that the U.S. now looks like a combination of 1929 - before the Great Depression - and the Gilded Age, before the Progressive Era.

IRS scandal – Deja vu all over again

May 31, 2013 By Art Perlo

Following years during which they did everything possible to attack the president, congressional Republicans launched an attack on the IRS. The media cheerfully picked up on one-sided tales of IRS abuse.

After avoiding billions in taxes, Apple CEO seeks more breaks

May 21, 2013 By John Wojcik

As his company hordes $102 billion in overseas profits on which it has paid no taxes, Apple's CEO, Tom Cook, is asking the Senate for lower corporate tax rates.

Only one place to cut: Pentagon

May 8, 2013 By Judith Le Blanc

There is a smart, good, and doable solution. We must move the money to invest in programs that will create jobs and turn the economy around.

Austerity-to-prosperity lie based on “bogus math”

May 6, 2013 By Jarvis Tyner

Republicans are committed to the belief that the only way out of the economic crisis is through austerity for the people. Clearly many Democrats as well buy into this profits-before-people policy.