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Search Results for: income inequality

America’s Immoral Wealth/Income Inequality. Worse Than You Think (VIDEO)

March 4, 2013 By Egberto Willies

One can speak about income and wealth inequality with words that make this evil seem like just an antiseptic endeavor. One can try to continue to live under the delusion that in America if you work hard, if you have a great idea, and if you are smart about it, you have equal access to […]

Filed Under: General Tagged With: income disparity, income inequality, supply side, Taxes, wealth disparity

Today’s Rant: Obama’s Term Must Fix Tax Structure To Solve Wealth & Income Inequality (VIDEO)

January 17, 2013 By Egberto Willies

CNN PRODUCER NOTE EWillies1961 told me, ‘The reality is none of the other issues matter if the decline of the middle class continues. If the decline of the middle class continues immigration is not a problem because no one would want to come here. Gun control won’t matter because the government will be forced to […]

Filed Under: CNN iReports Tagged With: Affordable Care Act, Obama, obamacare, president obama, second term

Income inequality is a recipe for Depression

September 12, 2011 By Egberto Willies

Acceptance of a growing income disparity is a recipe for economic depression. Fixing our country’s economy will require a psychological deprogramming in America. The reality is that our politicians are a reflection of ourselves. The dysfunction we see in Congress is no different than the dysfunction among our citizenry. We have allowed our corporate class […]

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How American Income Inequality Hit Levels Not Seen Since The Depression #p2 #tcot #teaparty

October 23, 2010 By Egberto Willies

I get upset when income/wealth inequality is viewed as something that needs to be studied to determine if it negatively affects society. First off, the top 2% that holds the vast majority of income/wealth does not have it because their intrinsic value to society is great. After all that teacher that molds your children, that […]

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Economic View – Confronting Income Inequality – NYTimes.com

October 18, 2010 By Egberto Willies

  During the three decades after World War II, for example, incomes in the United States rose rapidly and at about the same rate — almost 3 percent a year — for people at all income levels. America had an economically vibrant middle class. Roads and bridges were well maintained, and impressive new infrastructure was […]

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Income Inequality Makes The Poor More Conservative – HOGWASH ISAY #p2 #tcot #teaparty

October 7, 2010 By Egberto Willies

Sometimes I wonder about academics researching social issues. To believe that telling a starving person that policies that will not do anything proactive to ensure you’re starving is relieved goes against the tenet of survival that is instinctively human. It is shows a lack of depth to not realize that it is the superior selling […]

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Slate: The Great Divergence In Pictures. A Visual Guide To Income Inequality #p2 #tcot #teaparty

September 9, 2010 By Egberto Willies

During the 20th century, the United States experienced two major trends in income distribution. The first, termed the "Great Convergence" by economists Claudia Goldin of Harvard and Robert Margo of Boston University, was egalitarian. From 1940 to 1973, incomes became more equal. The share taken by the very richest Americans (i.e., the top 1 percent […]

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Exposed: How Debt Became the Tool the Wealthy Use to Drain Workers’ Income

April 4, 2026 By Egberto Willies

Exposed - How Debt Became the Tool the Wealthy Use to Drain Workers’ Income

The economy isn’t broken—it’s engineered. Learn how debt became the oligarchy’s most powerful tool.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Capitalism Critique, corporate greed, debt economy, Economic Justice, neoliberalism, Oligarchy, progressive economics, public debt, wage stagnation, wealth inequality, working class

State of the Union Bombshell: Tariffs as a Backdoor Income Tax Replacement

February 25, 2026 By Egberto Willies

State of the Union Bombshell Tariffs as a Backdoor Income Tax Replacement

A State of the Union address admission reveals a plan to replace progressive income taxes with tariffs—a regressive shift that would raise prices and burden working families.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: billionaire tax cuts, Consumer Prices, Economic Inequality, Income tax, Independent media, inflation, progressive taxation, regressive taxation, State of the union, tariffs, tax policy, Trade Policy, wealth concentration, working class

The Growing Inequality Among Countries and the Worsening Climate Crisis

March 29, 2025 By Independent Media Institute

Reducing global inequality and saving the planet from climate catastrophe are intertwined. Let’s address both at once.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: Climate Change, economy, environment, Opinion

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