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Who Benefits from the 'Booming Economy'?

Lawrence Wittner History News Network
In some well-known firms, employees would have to work considerably more than a thousand years to catch up with their bosses’ income for one year.

Republicans Against Retirement

Paul Krugman New York Times
It’s remarkable that most of the Republicans who would be president are declaring that the retirement age — which has already been pushed up from 65 to 66, and is scheduled to rise to 67 — should go up even further. Americans love Social Security, so why aren’t the candidates at least pretending to share that sentiment? The answer is about Big Money.

Buckets of Cash

Leo W. Gerard, President of the United Steelworkers (USWA) Campaign for America's Future
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