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Rich Get Richer, Poor Get Poorer
Loaded on Jan. 15, 1991
published in Prison Legal News
January, 1991, page 3
In 1990, the richest 1% of the people have almost as much in after-tax income as the poorest 40%. To put it another way, 2.5 million rich people each take home 36 times as much as each 100 million poor. In 1980 it was 19 times as much.The Center …
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- Non-Stenographic Depositions, by Paul Wright
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- Rejection Process
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