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	<title>The WAWG Blog &#187; Common Wealth</title>
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	<description>Are there fascists in our democracy?</description>
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		<title>Redistribution of America&#8217;s Income &#8211; More for The Mega Rich or the Common Wealth?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Hailey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In summary, America's common wealth has been hit by a triple whammy: tax cuts for the rich far larger that can be considered fair, tax refunds to the rich via privateering, and by a shift of household income into the  excessively reduced upper tax brackets.  In addition, accountability for the nation's common wealth has been transferred from our elected representatives and handed over to rich individuals mostly accountable to themselves and corporate CEOs who are only accountable to shareholders.  The ultimate effect of all this transfer of wealth and accountability is that our government less able to protect and empower its citizens.

It's time we all realize that privateering  and  tax cuts favoring the very wealthy are not what America needs.   Just look at where they have gotten us - The Great Recession, a growing plutocracy, consumer debt at 100 percent of GDP, banks too big to fail, and ultimately the deaths of fellow citizens. ]]></description>
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		<title>Freedom Isn&#8217;t Free &#8211; What Are We Willing to Pay For It?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Hailey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before deciding what freedom is worth to us in this time of financial catastrophe and preemptive war, let&#8217;s take a look at what freedom was worth to another generation of Americans. The table below shows the U.S. tax rates and brackets for the final two years of WWII. They were only slightly less during the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Causation &#8211; Paying Taxes Contributes to Everyone&#8217;s Success</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:32:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Hailey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[...  paying taxes supports America’s infrastructure and improves the chances of success for all citizens. However, cutting taxes, as the CWCs suggest, especially for the mega rich, only increases the chances of success of the mega rich.]]></description>
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		<title>Common Wealth &#8211; Key to Our Democracy and Threatened by a Growing Aristocracy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 03:27:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Hailey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8221; &#8230; to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all; to afford all an unfettered start, and a fair chance in the race of life. &#8220; In my previous posting, I provided a list of critical factors that compare the conservative and progressive worldviews. One of the key progressive principles mentioned several times in [...]]]></description>
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