Rich vs Poor

Here are a couple of good rich vs poor quotes from the last few days.

First from Joseph E. Stiglitz via [Economists View], [Crooks and Liars], and [Vanity Fair]

"The top 1 percent have the best houses, the best educations, the best doctors, and the best lifestyles, but there is one thing that money doesn’t seem to have bought: an understanding that their fate is bound up with how the other 99 percent live. Throughout history, this is something that the top 1 percent eventually do learn. Too late."

By Paul B. Farrell via [MarketWatch]

“What this fight is really about is not unions versus taxpayers … It’s a fight about who’s going to pay for the crisis that was created by the wealthiest elite in this country.”

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