There’s more evidence of a widening wealth inequality gap in America thanks to 30-plus years of Reaganomics. According to The Atlantic magazine – two-thirds of all new income in America between 2002 and 2007 went to just the top 1% of Americans. That’s 2 out of every 3 dollars in America being sucked up by the richest of the rich.

Not to mention – that the wealthiest 400 Americans – our nation’s most senior oligarchs, who own more wealth than the bottom 150 million Americans – have seen their incomes double over the last twelve years while their tax rates have been cut in half. Talk about a “for the rich, by the rich” economy. Wealth inequality in America is at levels not seen since the 1920’s – and we’re now a more unequal nation than the Ivory Coast, Pakistan, Ethiopia, and Kazakhstan according to data from the CIA Factbook.

So when the entire American middle class disappears, then can we all accept that Reagan’s vision of America – and the direction that the current Republican Party has this nation headed – will lead us all toward ruin?

-Thom

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The Daily Stack

Quote: "We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution." -- Abraham Lincoln.

Hour One: Is it Obama's bad economy now...majority of Americans still say Bush to blame Brian Hughes, The Washington Examiner

Article: "Obama escapes blame for economy" by Brian Hughes.

Article: "The Powell Memo or Manifesto".

Article: "As Irene Devastates, Ron Paul Says We Need To ‘Come To Our Senses’ And Abolish FEMA" by Zack Ford.

Book: "The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule" by Thomas Frank.

Article: "Rick Perry: Social Security A 'Monstrous Lie'".

Article: "Michele Bachmann ties God to quake, hurricane. Was she kidding?" by Michael Muskal.

Video: "Giant Sucking Sound - Ross Perot 1992 Presidential Debate".

Article: "Thomas Freidman Spews Nonsense with Hurricane Force" by Dean Baker.

Article: "'Fracking': Rock fracturing's relation to quakes" by David R. Baker.

Article: "Stetson Kennedy Dies at 94; Infiltrated Ku Klux Klan" by AP.

Site: "Stetson Kennedy".

Movie: "The World According to Monsanto".

Hour Two: What are the Kochs up to now? Robert Greenwald, founder of Brave New Films

Video: "Why do the Koch brothers want to end public education?".

Article: "How the Koch Brothers Backed the End of Desegregation in North Carolina Schools" by Adele M. Stan.

Site: "Koch Brothers Exposed"

Site: "Brave New Foundation"

Site: "Brave New Films"

Article: "Glenn Beck: Hurricane Irene is a ‘blessing’" by Muriel Kane.

Article: "GOP Congressmen Put Constituents Who Asked Tough Questions On A ‘Watch List’" by Marie Diamond.

Site: callcongress.org.

Clip: "Paul Weyrich - "I don't want everybody to vote" (Goo Goo)".

Article: "Colin Powell: Dick Cheney takes 'cheap shots' in memoir" by Kim Geiger.

Article: "Can the Middle Class Be Saved?" by Don Peck.

Talk Radio News Segment: Victoria Jones, White House Correspondent

Article: "Bachmann aide: Hurricane comment was in 'jest' " by Catalina Camia.

Article: "Krueger To Replace Goolsbee At CEA" by TRNS.

Article: "Alan Krueger’s New White House Job" by Catherine Rampell.

Article: "Gaddafi’s wife, daughter, two sons reportedly escape to Algeria" by Elizabeth Flock.

Article: "U.S.: Fate of Lockerbie bomber up to Libyan rebel movement" by Jill Dougherty.

Article: "Cantor: No Disaster Relief Funding For Hurricane Irene Without Budget Cuts" by Alex Seitz-Wald.

Hour Three: Tax cuts for mainstreet too or only for millionaires? Gretchen Hamel, Public Notice

Article: "Democrats To Launch Payroll Tax Cut Extension Campaign" by Sam Stein.

Article: "Report On Manufactures" by Alexander Hamilton.

Article: "From omnivore to vegan: The dietary education of Bill Clinton" by David S. Martin.

Movie: "Forks over Knives".

Article: "Sherman Antitrust Act".

The good: Marathon County Central Labor Council: "Republican Politicians Banned From Labor Day Parade In Wisconsin " by Amanda Terkel.

The bad: "In the Midst of Hurricane Irene, Ron Paul Slams FEMA".

The very, very ugly: Puerto Rican Senator Robert Arango: "Anti-gay Senator caught on all-gay dating site" by RT.

Article: "House GOP revs up a repeal, reduce and rein-in agenda for the fall" by Paul Kane.

Article: "Hurricane Claims Lives, Disrupts Power, Cancels Air Travel" by WKBW.

Article: "Intelligence spending at record $80.1 billion in first disclosure of overall figure" by Walter Pincus.

Article: "Tom Horne Sues to Overthrow Voting Rights Act: What's Next, the De-Abolition of Slavery?" by Stephen Lemons.

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