zutopia

07.17.07 new gilded age?

Current mood: awake

yeah yeah.. dem dollars.. not sure if you seen this from sunday's times but what is glaringly apparent is that these levels of uneven income distribution (5 percent of the national income goes to families in the upper one-one-hundredth of a percent of the income distribution) and low income and estate taxes for the very rich were only matched pre-stock market crash of 1929 and the subsequent depression.. tis a warning sign i'd say. not to mention folks ("like sisters") getting shot over 2000 bucks in this money hungry society. redistribute dem dollas, and lets live for something other than the accumulation of wealth... Obama for president! and Wu Tang forever:)

BUSINESS | July 15, 2007
The Richest of the Rich, Proud of a New Gilded Age
By LOUIS UCHITELLE
Today's titans often see themselves as pillars of a new age of prosperity, one in which their successes and philanthropy have made government less important.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/15/business/15gilded.html?ex=1185336000&en=667c84661d3d9faa&ei=5070&emc=eta1

ps. i'll soon be finished with grad school and starting my job hunt..:) holler at me if you know of something interesting..

posted by z.a.k. @ 5:11 AM