This last month has shown America that society will gladly tolerate vigilante violence, provided a vigilante chooses the right target.
Larry Ellison
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Planet Plutocrat: The Crony-Capitalism Index
Through rent-seeking, graft and everyday corruption, billionaires in crony sectors have had a great century so far.
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The Very Rich and the Rest of Us: Setting the Stage for Class War
If the 1% had taken the same percentage of U.S. income in 2006 as they did in 1980, they'd have sucked $1 trillion less out of the economy. Instead they tripled their share of post-tax income and captured ALL income gains in 2 years of recovery.