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“Tax the rich: An animated fairy tale”, (narrated by Ed Asner, with 
animation by Mike Konopacki and written and directed by Fred Glass for the California Federation of Teachers), is an 8 minute video about how we arrived at this moment of poorly funded public services and widening economic inequality.
For more info, www.cft.org. © 2012 California Federation of Teacher
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4. America: The 42nd Most Unequal Country in the World!
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[Remember the song by The Barenaked Ladies called “If I Had a Million Dollars“? Well, if you were one of the many ultra-wealthy around the world who were worth billions (see list) and earns billions of dollars each year, year after year, where could you possibly spend such riches? Well, frankly, even being very extravagant, it actually is surprisingly difficult to spend that much money – and there’s the rub. While this article, on one hand, outlines where and how a billionaire could make a small dent in his fortune (the uplifting part) it outlines, on the other hand, just how concentrated wealth is in the U.S. these days and the adverse effect such a concentration is having on our society.] Words: 21565. Are America’s Wealthy Unpatriotic?
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