We know that Republican Congresses tend to favor tax giveaways to the rich while stepping on unions, but nobody's really put numbers on how much. Until now, below the fold:
A new study shows exactly how much the super rich gain from Republican Houses, and conversely how much the middle class loses under them:
http://phys.org/...
From the article:
Republican strength in Congress increases the share of income held by the top 1 percent, but the president's political affiliation has no effect, suggests a new study in the October issue of the American Sociological Review that looks at the rise of the super-rich in the United States.
"This points to the central role that Congress has in the legislative process," said study co-author Thomas W. Volscho, an Assistant Professor of Sociology at CUNY-College of Staten Island. "The president has limited ability to make the sort of legislative changes necessary to affect the top 1 percent without the support of Congress, making Congress the central actor here."
They also show how decreasing the capital tax rate makes the wealthy even wealthier, seemingly at the expense of everyone else. The analysis is numerically sound, buttressed by decades of data, and shows why we need more and better Democrats in the House and Senate if America is to keep a viable middle class.