While the middle class in the US is struggling to survive, the rich keep getting richer.

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Sources for this program

• Wealth for the Common Good, April 12, 2010, Shifting Responsibility How 50 Years of Tax Cuts Benefited the Wealthiest Americans; http://wealthforcommongood.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/ShiftingResponsibility.pdf
• Huffington Post, December 3, 2009, Elizabeth Warren, America Without a Middle Class; http://www.huffingtonpost.com/elizabeth-warren/america-without-a-middle_b_377829.html
• Mother Jones, May 2006, Clara Jeffery, A Look at the Numbers: How the Rich Get Richer; http://motherjones.com/politics/2006/05/look-numbers-how-rich-get-richer
• Economic Policy Institute, March 3, 2010, Lawrence Mishel, Where has all the income gone? Look up; http://www.epi.org/economic_snapshots/entry/where_has_all_the_income_gone_look_up/
• Yahoo News, June 22, 2010, Josephe A. Giannone, World’s rich got richer amid’09 recession: report; http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100622/lf_nm_life/us_wealthreport

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