The American people clearly spoke, and the drubbing Democrats received requires looking beyond just issue polls, voting patterns, campaign strategy, or get-out-the-vote tactics.
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Trump's Tax Proposal Would Push U.S. Below Greece on Inequality Index
According to the Commitment to Reducing Inequality index, if Trump's tax reform effort is successful, the U.S.'s specific rating on tax policies would plummet 33 places from 26th to 59th – just below Peru, Chile and Sri Lanka.
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Europe's Quietly Growing Poor Population Is Getting Louder
As of June, the European Commission stated that more than 240 million people now live on the poverty line – around one-third of the E.U. population – with a full 9 percent of citizens suffering from deprivation.
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Grenfell Tower Is a Shameful Symbol of Growing Inequality – and the Results of Austerity
The tragedy in West London has become a symbol of how a system of austerity, cutting corners and targeting the most vulnerable, ultimately scars society’s poorest.
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Now Just Five Men Own Almost as Much Wealth as Half the World's Population
While Americans fixate on Trump, the super-rich are absconding with our wealth, and the plague of inequality continues to grow. Now, on average, each of the world's richest five men own nearly as much as 750 million people.
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The Life-or-Death Battle of Britain’s 2017 Election
The Conservative Party is tearing Britain apart – its imposition of Brexit and other English-centric policies for the richest have galvanized Scottish independence and Irish reunification as ever more attractive escape routes.
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New Evidence that Poor Americans Pay the Highest Taxes and Get Little of the Safety Net
Poor Americans pay about 25 percent in total taxes, while the 1% pays anywhere from 18 to 23 percent. Meanwhile, the richest 10% as a group receives almost as much government assistance as the poorest 50%.
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90% of American Households Lost $17,000 In Wealth to the 1% in 2016
America has always been great for the richest 1% and it’s rapidly becoming greater, as multi-millionaires shifted nearly $4 trillion in wealth away from the rest of the nation to themselves last year.
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12 Major Reasons Why Americans Became Poor
Multiple developments contributed in recent decades to the decline of prosperity – much of it due to deliberate but gradual social and financial engineering.
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Reducing Inequality in the Trump Era
With Washington looking hopeless, it's up to local communities to close the gap between the richest and the rest.
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Capitalism Itself is to Blame for Donald Trump
America lashed out at our economic system, but our new president-elect won't be able to help. Instead, argues Professor Richard Wolff, we must change the way we approach work.
