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The Taking Class @TakingClass
Joined February 2015
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Did 85 richest work 41 Million times harder 2own as much as 3.5Billion poorest? theguardian.com/business/201… #UniteBIue #TaxDay #TaxDay2015 #p2
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Take from poor & give 2rich= #capitalism? #socialism? 95% of all income gains went to 1% mobile.nytimes.com/2014/09/2… #UniteBIue #TaxDay2015

The Benefits of Economic Expansions Are Increasingly Going to the Richest Americans (Published 2014)

The bottom 90 percent used to take home a majority of the income gains from a growing economy. Not anymore.

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Average American family pays $6000/year in corporate #Welfare billmoyers.com/2013/09/24/av… #Socialism? #UniteBlue #LibCrib #p2 #TaxDay #TaxDay2015

Average American Families Pays $6K a Year in Big Business Subsidies | BillMoyers.com

The average American subsidizes big business to the tune of $6,000 each year. Paul Buchheit adds it up so you can see all the ways in which taxpayers are unwittingly contributing to corporations'...

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We give them 95% of all income gains, most wealth, pay 4their tax cuts & they call us the takers. #TaxDay #UniteBIue
Republicans pushing $269B Handout 4Millionaire kids leaving us 2 pick up the tab huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/1… #TaxDay #UniteBlue #TaxDay2015 #left

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1% holding $21 Trillion overseas 2avoid taxation. Taxes dodged working Americans have 2 make up 4 prwatch.org/news/2012/08/116… #TaxDay #TaxDay2015
Yacht deductions & fancy meals: How the rich rake in government handouts ln.is/www.dailykos.com/sto/3… #UniteBlue #p2 #TakingClass #LibCrib #left
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7 Ways the #Koch Brothers Benefit from #CorporateWelfare observer.com/?p=126448 #TakingClass #UniteBIue #left #LibCrib #p2 #ows

7 Ways the Koch Bros. Benefit from Corporate Welfare

How libertarian are the Koch brothers? The short answer… not very.

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Republican Tax @RepublicanTax
22 Feb 2015
$3.5 Trillion taxpayer subsidy to Big Oil 2 pollute our air & water grist.org/climate-energy/imf… #UniteBlue #climatechange #ActOnClimate #cleanair

IMF says global subsidies to fossil fuels amount to $1.9 trillion a year ... and that's probably an...

A new IMF study finds that global fossil fuel subsidies amount to $1.9 trillion a year. But the real truth could be more eye-popping yet.

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Kochs take millions in subsidies in Montana, then try to block Medicaid expansion salon.com/2015/03/25/the_koc… #TheTakingClass #UniteBlue #greed
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Economy 4 All @Eco4L
26 Jan 2015
Did 85 richest work 41 Million times harder 2own as much as 3.5Billion poorest? theguardian.com/business/201… #UniteBIue #wef15 #Economy4all #ows

Oxfam: 85 richest people as wealthy as poorest half of the world

As World Economic Forum starts in Davos, development charity claims growing inequality has been driven by 'power grab'

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Study: Policy preferences of those writing biggest checks prevail preferences of 99% cnn.com/2015/02/16/opinion/s… #GetMoneyOut #UniteBlue #uppers
Americans think CEOs should make 7times more than workers,CEOs make 354 timesmore m.dailykos.com/story/2014/09… #UniteBlue
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95% of all income gains went to 1%, what republicans got 2 do with it? mobile.nytimes.com/2014/09/2… #UniteBIue
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