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Another Gangbuster Year for CEO Pay

Don’t be fooled by all the poor-mouthing around the latest annual executive pay surveys. With Washington dithering on CEO pay reform, chief execs still have plenty of reason to celebrate.

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Budget Cuts in Perspective: A Tale of Two Ikes

Local government elected leaders are claiming we have no alternative to king-size budget cuts. But their numbers don’t add up.

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The ‘Party of No’ May Now Rate a New Label

Republicans in Congress have introduced a breathtaking new budget plan that would essentially put America's plutocracy on steroids.

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Census Time for Billionaires

The world's super-duper rich, in the new Forbes magazine count, total just over 1,000 — and hold more wealth than half of humanity.

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For a 'Living Wage' America, Cap the Top

The White House wants to require firms that do business with the government to pay decent wages. That could work — if we go after all pay that's indecent.

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Wall Street's Protection Racket: Still Rolling

To really reform big bank behavior, we need to scuttle the pay system that 'entitles' Wall Streeters to however much loot they can grab.

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Did the Founders Want Government Small?

The new conservative 'Mount Vernon Statement' unveiled last week claims that right-wingers are upholding what the Generation of 1776 held dear. But those right-wingers, history shows, are conveniently overlooking what the Founders truly feared.

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Our Plutocracy: Some Perspective on an Official Federal Portrait

Never before in modern American history, suggests a new look at America's highest 400 incomes from the IRS, have so few made so much at the expense of so many. Or paid so precious little in taxes.

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A Democracy in Deep Disrepair

In contemporary American political life, only the rich can afford to be politically impatient. The big question: How long will the rest of us tolerate such a starkly unrepresentative status quo?

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In a Lost Decade, We Had Big Winners

By nearly every measure, average Americans lost ground in the 'Aughts.' They’ve been losing ground — to the rich — for three full decades now. Will the ‘Teens’ make that four?

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