Search Results for: income inequality

Inequality Gone Viral: The Obscene Numbers

November 30, 2020 By Common Dreams

Something has to be done to heal the rupture in the sickened body of our nation. This legalized theft by the wealthy is not sustainable.

What history can teach us about capitalism, socialism, and inequality

February 8, 2019 By History News Network

A good understanding in a very nuance manner about the battle between capitalism and democratic socialism in America,

The Wealth Inequality Problem in One Chart

June 21, 2016 By Egberto Willies

We showcase the wealth inequality problem. The challenge with it was that literally the data goes “off” the chart with no easy way to show it.

Most Of The Rich Are Undeserving Of Their Wealth & Income

January 21, 2014 By Egberto Willies

Are The Rich Really Deserving Of Their Wealth? Paul Krugman wrote a very important article a couple days ago. He titled it “The Underserving Rich.” He starts the article telling the reality that the bottom half of Americans have seen no growth in their wages in the last 30+ years. Worse, some have actually seen their […]

Robert Reich Slams Newt Gingrich’s GOP For Inequality Policies (VIDEO)

December 15, 2013 By Egberto Willies

Robert Reich Slams Newt Gingrich For GOP Complicity In Income Inequality The roundtable on ABC’s ThisWeek was sometimes entertaining. It was a relief to watch Robert Reich slap Newt Gingrich around some. Too often those on the Progressive side allow bullies like Newt Gingrich to intimidate them away from making their point. Jonathan Karl made […]

Coffee Party Radio: Politics Done Right w/Egberto Willies– Solutions To Income/Wealth Disparity Sat 12–2PM CST

March 22, 2013 By Egberto Willies

Politics Done Right with Egberto Willies Saturday 12:00 Noon Central/1:00 PM Eastern Call In, talk and/or Listen: (646) 929-2495 Listen On Computer/Smartphone Live/Podcast: HERE This week’s show I must admit that my blog writing this week was not as intellectually stimulating as others. In putting this show together I realized I could have done better. […]

Taxing The Rich The Only Solution To Our Systemic Inequality

February 23, 2013 By Egberto Willies

It is not rocket science that income and wealth inequality has exploded since the inception of Reaganomics (voodoo economics according to George HW Bush).

If American’s Want To Live The American Dream We Must Move To Denmark–Inequality Matters

October 25, 2011 By Egberto Willies

For decades, Richard Wilkinson has studied the social effects of income inequality and how social forces affect health. In The Spirit Level, a book coauthored with Kate Pickett, he lays out reams of statistical evidence that, among developed countries, societies that are more equal – with a smaller income gap between rich and poor — […]

It’s the Inequality, Stupid: If this does not make you want to fight our system nothing will

February 26, 2011 By Egberto Willies

This is one of the most complete compilation of data that illustrate what has been occurring in the United States for the last 30 years. It should give every American citizen pause. If this data does not break the indoctrination that the Right has had on many citizens then nothing will. I am of the […]

America’s Extreme Inequality A Clear And Present Danger To Middle Class And Country #p2 #tcot #teaparty

February 16, 2011 By Egberto Willies

Forget all that you hear on FoxNews or even the Mainstream Media (TV, Radio, etc.). Nobody is addressing the biggest cancer in our society and that is the extreme inequality that is continuously getting worst. It is not enough to work yourself out of the lower classes upward because the constant exponential growth that the […]