Tag: USA

Half of US Spending comes from the Wealthy…

Consumers are nervous, and with stock portfolios down and corporations slashing investment, demand will take a hit. Roughly half of spending comes from the wealthy in America, and they are the ones who can immediately cut expenditures, and will do so when stocks decline.

Monopoly Round-Up: The Trump Market Crash?

The biggest upward redistribution of wealth in history is coming soon

Trump’s tariffs will especially hurt lower-income Americans, while his tax cuts will especially benefit the wealthy.

Robert Reich

The biggest upward redistribution of wealth in history is coming soon

Trump’s Uber-wealthy Cabinet

President-elect Donald Trump is stacking his Cabinet with billionaires and centi-millionaires, whose financial entanglements pose conflict-of-interest challenges.

Trump has assembled an uber-wealthy Cabinet, raising risks of ethics conflicts – The Washington Post

Rise and decline of America’s Middle Class

Also showing the declining share of workers in unions