10.11.2014 - 22:20 [ Common Dreams ]

The Billion Dollar a Month Club: A Runaway Transfer of Wealth to the Super-Rich

The rest of us own a smaller and smaller share of a nation that we, and our ancestors before us, all helped to build. Unprincipled members of business and government have taken away the financial regulations and progressive taxes that once protected the majority of Americans. It has been argued that a Financial Speculation Tax might be the best approach to stop the wealth transfer carnage. We have to do something. The splitting of our society is nearly beyond repair.