Growing divide

OVER THE LAST DECADE, nobody has gotten more love from Washington than investors. It's time to stop and ask if the love is misplaced. March 31, 2008

Behind the scenes, the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy continue to drain our nation's capacity. Find out what your share is and redirect your savings to tax fairness efforts with the Tax Fairness Pledge. March 19, 2008

Town Hall Meeting in Boston with Rep. Barney Frank, Mass. AG Martha Coakley Focuses on Harmful Banking Practices, Rising Credit Card Interest Rates Hurting Working Families and Consumers. Co-hosted by Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group (MassPIRG), and UFE. March 19, 2008

Source: Tax Policy Center Table T06-0274, Nov. 13, 2006. (Does not include the effect of capital gains tax cuts enacted in 1997.)
*Includes wages and salaries, investment income, and government benefits on a pretax basis.

These are estimates of the personal share of the Bush tax cuts for the 2007 tax year.

March 17, 2008

Check out the range of real stories of the impact of economic inequality submitted to our website. February 27, 2008

George offers ideas on how to make the system work. Feburary 19, 2008.
February 25, 2008

Dorothy's tale of how the housing crisis is effecting her family. January 21, 2008
February 25, 2008

Barbara Ehrenreich's Op-ed in the Washington Post uses data from our "State of the Dream 2008" report to illustrate how the recent boom hurt the non-rich. February 3, 2008

This is a UFE presentation, led by Jeannette Huezo, in an undergraduate class at Pine Manor College. Closed to the general public. January 18, 2008

A Tale from the Wealth Gap, by Cecile Andrews, author of Slow is Beautiful: New Visions of Community, Leisure, and Joie de Vivre and The Circle of Simplicity: Return to the Good Life.

How do we rouse people to get involved in movements for change? We're facing a growing gap between the rich and the poor, destruction of the planet through global warming, an endless war... Yet we go on with business as usual.

 

January 18, 2008