The wealthiest 1 percent now control 39 percent of the world's wealth, and their share is likely to grow in the coming years, according to a new report.
http://is.gd/OVzpcU
Hungry Britain: welfare cuts leave more than 500,000 people forced to use food banks, warns Oxfam
More than half a million Britons have resorted to using food banks to stave off hunger and destitution, the Government has been warned.
http://is.gd/bAgKk7
New Report Finds 1 in 6 in U.S. are Going Hungry
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As Republicans move to cut billions of dollars in funding for food stamps, a new report finds one in six Americans live in a household that cannot afford adequate food.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35165.htm
Wealth from economic ''recovery'' has gone to the richest Americans
The wealth of the rich has surpassed pre-recession highs, while that of the vast majority has stagnated. In other words, the net impact of the crisis has been an aggregate transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich.
http://wsws.org/en/articles/2013/06/03/weal-j03.html
''Rich People Don t Create Jobs''
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Anyone who s ever run a business knows that hiring more people is a capitalist s course of last resort, something we do only when increasing customer demand requires it. In this sense, calling ourselves job creators isn t just inaccurate, it s disingenuous.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31848.htm
Seniors in 48 states face serious income shortage
Only seniors in Nevada and Hawaii have median annual incomes that meet the savings benchmark commonly recommended by financial planners. Typically, planners recommend that retirees save enough to replace at least 70% of their pre-retirement income.
http://is.gd/bmZLn5
US Senate bill cuts $4 billion from food stamp program
The Democratic-controlled US Senate passed a $500 billion, five-year farm bill on Monday that would cut $4 billion over a decade from food stamps, known today as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
http://is.gd/CoTyMH
6 Unbelievable Ways the Big Banks Are Scamming You
This week, ProPublica released a report detailing the shocking ways that Bank of America has been pushing homeowners into foreclosure. Employees lied about documentation and falsified paperwork to force families out of their homes.
http://is.gd/jBGUnv
Nearly 1 in 6 Americans Receives Food Stamps
Food-stamp use rose 2.8% in the U.S. in April from a year earlier, with more than 15% of the U.S. population receiving benefits.
http://is.gd/MVedWJ
The Decline Of Breadwinner Jobs Has Resulted In The Longest Bread Lines In American History
By Michael Snyder
As the number of good jobs continues to decline, the number of Americans that cannot take care of themselves without government assistance continues to explode.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35506.htm
From Information Clearing House
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Where the big money comes from
http://www.realecontv.com/page/10486.html
The Rothschild Family, total war and global poverty
http://www.realecontv.com/videos/banking-malfeasance/the-rothschild-family-.html
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Government Against the People: It Gets Worse In the Late Stages
http://lewrockwell.com/rosenberg/rosenberg-p20.1.html
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Undercounting the Poor
Jeannette Wicks-Lim, Dollars & Sense: A new measure being introduced to address poverty has some new improvements, but continues to ignore the large swath of Americans who suffer from poverty.
http://truth-out.org/news/item/16895-undercounting-the-poor
How Hunger Hurts Everyone
Bill Moyers, Moyers & Company: Kristi Jacobson and Mariana Chilton explain to Moyers how hunger and food insecurity hit people from every walk of life.
http://www.truth-out.org/video/item/17313-kristi-jacobson-and-mariana-chilton-on-how-hunger-hurts-everyone
Blinded by the Stereotype Spotlight
P.L. Thomas, The Becoming Radical: Ill-informed conclusions about generational poverty must be abandoned in order to see clearly how we can address inequality today.
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/17537-blinded-by-the-stereotype-spotlight
Collapsing Investment and the Great Recession
Gerald Friedman, Dollars & Sense: The worst economic crisis since the 1930s, our current Great Recession came after a long period of declining investment and a break in the linkage between corporate profits and new investment.
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/17801-collapsing-investment-and-the-great-recession
Concentrated, Privatized Wealth or Shared Prosperity and Economic Democracy?
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance: We are in a time of transition, an era that will define the next economy. One thing is clear: It is going to take action from below to create an economy that puts people and the planet before profits.
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/17803-concentrated-privatized-wealth-or-shared-prosperity-and-economic-democracy
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Do Wall Street and the 1 Percent Thrive at the Expense of Our Kids?
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/20-7
A Call to Bust Up the Megabanks
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/07/12-0
Confronting Congressional Hunger Games
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/07/15-5
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=US+government
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=US+Congress
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=US+Senate
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=US+population
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=economic+crisis
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=recession
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=recovery
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Britain
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Republicans
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=corporat
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=capitalis
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Wall+Street
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Big+Money
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Big+Banks
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=wealth
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=super-rich
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=inequality
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=retirement
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=poor
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=poverty
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=foreclosure
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=welfare
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=hunger
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=food+bank
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=food+stamps
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Oxfam
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=/rosenberg-p
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Jeannette+Wicks-Lim
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Dean+Baker
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=David+Rosnick
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=moyers
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Michael+Snyder
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=P.L.+Thomas
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Jon+Queally
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Greg+Kaufmann
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Gerald+Friedman
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Kevin+Zeese
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Margaret+Flowers
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