By Chris Hedges
War is no longer able to divert Americans from the economic and political decay that is rapidly turning the nation into a corporate oligarchy, a nation where 'the consent of the governed' is a cruel joke.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36261.htm
The Typical American Family Makes Less Than it Did in 1989
By Neil Irwin
The most depressing fact about the economy is not the fact that household incomes were basically flat in 2012 (the real median household income was down to $51,017 from $51,100 in 2011, a statistically insignificant change). It wasn t even the fact that 15 percent of the U.S. population was living in poverty.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36258.htm
Poverty in the USA: 2013: When Even Diapers Are a Luxury
By Katha Pollitt
Being a poor mother in the United States today means re-using diapers and struggling to afford food. But House Republicans think they have it too easy.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36254.htm
Government Hands $1 Trillion+ To Wealthy While Deficit Is $642 Billion
By Dave Johnson
According to the report, lots of 1%ers will pay no taxes at all this year, while the country cuts jobs and services in the name of cutting the deficit.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36259.htm
Despite All Our Rage, We Are Still just Debt Slaves In A Mental Cage.
By David DeGraw
As America steadily burns, with a once proud middle class collapsing, these crimes against humanity continue to escalate, and the richer are getting insanely richer. US millionaire households now have $50 TRILLION in wealth, with an estimated $11 trillion of that wealth hidden in offshore accounts.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36262.htm
Top 1% Getting 95% of Income Gains
A recent study reveals that the top 10% of earners in the U.S. took home more than half the country s total income in 2012. That s the highest level recorded since the government began collecting the data a century ago, according to a New York Times analysis.
http://is.gd/xjWr16
Employment Gap Between Rich, Poor Widest on Record
Rates of unemployment for the lowest-income families, those earning less than $20,000, have topped 21 percent, nearly matching the rate for all workers during the 1930s Great Depression.
http://is.gd/pk3d55
Poverty still at record high while income stagnates
The official poverty rate remained at 15 percent in 2012 for a second consecutive year. That means that 46.5 million Americans are impoverished, a record-high number that is unchanged from 2011's estimate. Since the beginning of the recession, poverty is up 2.5 percentage points.
http://is.gd/vx4JlW
'All you can do is pray': What poverty in America really looks like
By Barbara Raab
Camden, N.J. Once the proud home to companies like RCA Victor, and the biggest shipbuilding company in the world, Camden is now better known for poverty, violence and blight. According to the new Census data, the overall poverty rate in the city is 39.3 percent; more than half of Camdens children, 53.3 percent, live below the poverty line.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36290.htm
Fed robbing poor to pay rich
Video
The Federal Reserve isn t just inflating markets but is shifting a massive amount of wealth from the middle class and poor to the rich, according to billionaire hedge fund manager Stanley Druckenmiller.
http://is.gd/uZWXZM
Bernanke s Head Fake Sends Stocks Soaring
By Mike Whitney
The injections have merely boosted profits on inflated asset prices for financial parasites and speculators.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36304.htm
From Information Clearing House
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The House s Un-American Activities
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/09/19-4
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The Misery Trick: Republican Bait-and-Switch on the Budget
Dave Johnson, Campaign for America s Future: This bait-and-switch offer from Republicans to keep the government running will raise unemployment, hurt businesses, cut the economy, harm families and could destroy the recovery.
http://truth-out.org/news/item/18963-the-misery-trick-republican-bait-and-switch-on-the-budget
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