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The Taking Class

@TakingClass

Working class, Middle Class and Taking Class #UniteBlue

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 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
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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@RepublicanTax22 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...

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@Eco4L26 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

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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