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ihavenobias

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Tue Mar 20, 2012, 12:01 PM Mar 2012

TYT: Shocking Chart - The 99% Screwed



Via Think Progress: "In 2010, as the nation slowly ground its way from Great Recession to recovery, 93 percent of national income gains went to the richest 1 percent of Americans. As Reuters's David Cay Johnston pointed out today, this makes the 2010 recovery quite different from the recovery that followed the Great Depression, as then, income gains were widely shared by the population, not concentrated at the very top...".* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down and notes the importance of the Occupy Wall Street movement.

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TYT: Shocking Chart - The 99% Screwed (Original Post) ihavenobias Mar 2012 OP
K&R !!! n/t RKP5637 Mar 2012 #1
Another great assessment, thanks. suzanner Mar 2012 #2
K&R! Thanks for posting this... Rhiannon12866 Mar 2012 #3
K&R ScottLand Mar 2012 #4
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