#OWS Charts

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[thepeoplesrecord]

This shows why the rich keep getting richer & our economic gap keeps growing between the 1% & everyone else in the country. 

These corporations pay $0 in taxes… more than $100 billion in tax revenue lost every year. How much do you pay in taxes annually?

Our country isn’t broke. It’s running on a broken system.

#Occupy

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Overlap between Occupy Wall Street and Tea Party

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Financial wealth distribution in the US as a % of Congress and Senate (Source: ?)

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CEO Pay vs Corporate profits vs Worker pay 1970-2005 (Source: WashPo)

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Growing share of income for the rich (Source: WashPo)

[reuters]

The corporations that occupy Congress. - David Cay Johnston

[anti-genre]

30 companies that spent more $$$ on lobbying than in taxes.

[kindofpersonal-deactivated20130]

Tax Dollars At War by SoftBox

Don’t understand why so many US citizens are so fed up with the government? Here’s one reason. Enlighten yourself :)

[occupyonline]

Anyone more verse in the subject wish to comment, confirm, refute?

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Corporate Income Taxes as a % of GDP by Country (Source: ThinkProgress)

See also: Corporate Tax Revenues Near Historic Lows, Share of Federal Tax Revenue

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Employee overlap between Federal Government and Goldman Sachs (Source: Geke.us)

See also: Campaign contributions from the Securities & Investment sector 1989-2010

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Profits Are High, Wages Are Low and Taxes Are Below Average (Source: NYT)

[motherjones]

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cheatsheet:

motherjones:

Hey, look! Congressional staffers turn out to be really good at predicting the behavior of stocks that their bosses legislate. Outside Capitol Hill, we might call that “insider trading.” Except US insider trading laws don’t apply to Congress.

Angry yet?

In this week’s issue of Newsweek: Congress is getting rich off Wall Street.

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Growth in After-Tax Income For the Top 1% Has Far Outpaced Growth for Others (Source: Economic Mobility report)

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How the Debt Deal Protects the Rich (Source: Rolling Stone)

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Revenue Lost to Tax Breaks (Source: Rolling Stone)

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The 400 Richest: Income vs Tax Paid 1996-2007 (Source: Rolling Stone)