Princeton Study: U.S. No Longer An Actual Democracy
A new study from Princeton spells bad news for American democracy—namely, that it no longer exists.
by onepercenttakers · Published April 19, 2014 · Last modified November 27, 2015
A new study from Princeton spells bad news for American democracy—namely, that it no longer exists.
Betterment / Fighting Back / Politics
by onepercenttakers · Published April 16, 2014 · Last modified September 5, 2014
Maryland’s minimum wage will rise to $10.10 over the next four years under a bill passed Monday night. Gov. Martin...
Betterment / Fighting Back / Politics
by onepercenttakers · Published April 16, 2014 · Last modified September 5, 2014
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Civil rights groups, labor organizer and their allies are stepping up pressure on Congress to pass legislation...
by onepercenttakers · Published April 15, 2014 · Last modified September 6, 2014
Big players are taking unprecedented steps to stop offshore abuses, but financial crime fighters worry reforms don’t go far enough.
On Wednesday, Senate Republicans unanimously voted against advancing the Paycheck Fairness Act. Forty-three voted against invoking cloture, joined by Independent...
Fighting Back / Politics / Workers
by onepercenttakers · Published April 13, 2014 · Last modified September 7, 2014
Rashida Tlaib is a state representative in Michigan. But on Wednesday when she checked out at her grocery store, she...
Politics / Richest One Percent
by onepercenttakers · Published April 13, 2014 · Last modified November 27, 2015
People like Sheldon Adelson support candidates who are in favor of lowering tax rates for corporations and the super-wealthy —...
Corporations / Fighting Back / Politics
by onepercenttakers · Published April 13, 2014 · Last modified September 7, 2014
Connect the dots between policies that keep many of our fellow Americans desperate, and you’ll see they add up to...
Politics / Richest One Percent
by onepercenttakers · Published April 13, 2014 · Last modified November 27, 2015
When organized interest groups or economic elites want a particular policy passed, there’s a strongly likelihood their wishes will come...
Politics / Richest One Percent
by onepercenttakers · Published April 13, 2014 · Last modified November 27, 2015
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) accused the Koch brothers of “trying to buy America”.
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s new budget cuts $3.3 trillion over ten years (2015-2024) from programs that serve people...
(CNN) — Strong countries need a thriving middle class, but in America today, the people who have to work for...
by onepercenttakers · Published April 13, 2014 · Last modified September 7, 2014
If you take the king’s shilling, says the old saying, then you do the king’s bidding. So what happens when...
Politics / Richest One Percent
by onepercenttakers · Published April 12, 2014 · Last modified November 27, 2015
Yes, there are “takers” in the American economy, but they’re not the poor folks Mitt Romney referenced in his now-infamous...
Politics / Richest One Percent
by onepercenttakers · Published April 11, 2014 · Last modified November 27, 2015
There’s just one element missing from these snapshots of America’s ostensibly spontaneous and leaderless populist uprising: the sugar daddies who...
Right-wing groups may have successfully defeated a unionization bid at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga, Tenn. manufacturing plant, but it wasn’t a clean...
Corporations / Lobbyists / Politics
by onepercenttakers · Published April 11, 2014 · Last modified September 7, 2014
A new chart released by Stop Fooling California reveals that the oil industry, including the Western States Petroleum Association, Chevron,...
"Ronald Reagan's theory was really 'trickle down' economics...and renamed 'supply side.' Cut tax rates for the wealthy; everyone else will benefit. As Reagan's budget director David Stockman confided at the time, the supply-side rhetoric 'was always a Trojan horse to bring down the top rate.'" —The Gipper's Economy. To see how the Trickle Down Con was sold to the public click here.