Hear an inspiring Sen. Bernie Saunders speech on the Bush Tax Cuts, the estate tax, the fight to preserve Social Security and Medicare, and the raging wealth of the top 1%.
The wealthiest in this country are 'waging war' on the rest of us, says Saunders. The U.S. has now the most un-equal distribution of wealth of any country on earth. The top 1% in our country now have 23% of the national income, more than the entire bottom 50%.
The Spirit Level : Why MORE EQUAL Societies Almost Always Do Better, a hard-hitting study by demographers Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett, tells us that un-equal societies do worse for everyone (rich and poor alike) in a long list of outcomes, from health and safety to teen pregnancy rates.
Calls for cuts in the estate tax and the continuation of the Bush Tax Cuts will benefit billionaires - the top 3/10 of 1% in the U.S., yet there is popular support for these!!
Where -- aside from calls to Bernie Saunders -- can we make any in political power today recognize these concerns?