This last month has shown America that society will gladly tolerate vigilante violence, provided a vigilante chooses the right target.
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Money in Politics: Six of the Top 10 U.S. Billionaires Are Kochs and Waltons
Charles and David Koch, of Koch Industries, have poured some of their combined $72 billion into conservative politicians while the Walton family, owners of Walmart, exercise a subtler but equally corrosive influence on our national politics.
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The Waltons of Walmart: The Greediest Family in the World
Four members of the Walton family, heirs to Sam Walton's Walmart fortune, are collectively worth more than $100 billion—more wealth than the entire bottom 40% of Americans—and they're hanging on to every penny.
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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.
