From moveon.org.
This shows the reported wealth of members of Congress. Of course, we would want to know more about where the data came from and how it was analyzed. It would also help to know the dollar cut-points. But it is a great way to display data.
Monthly Archives: December 2011
“The Corporations That Occupy Congress”
The Corporations That Occupy Congress, by David Cay Johnston
Published on Tuesday, December 20, 2011 by Reuters, and posted to Common Dreams
“Some of the biggest companies in the United States have been firing workers and in some cases lobbying for rules that depress wages at the very time that jobs are needed, pay is low, and the federal budget suffers from a lack of revenue.
Last month Citizens for Tax Justice and an affiliate issued “Corporate Taxpayers and Corporate Tax Dodgers 2008-10″. ( link: http://www.ctj.org/corporatetaxdodgers/CorporateTaxDodgersReport.pdf) It showed that 30 brand-name companies paid a federal income tax rate of minus 6.7 percent on $160 billion of profit from 2008 through 2010 compared to a going corporate tax rate of 35 percent. All but one of those 30 companies reported lobbying expenses in Washington.
Wealth in America
For those wondering if they are among the 1 percenters, here is some information about wealth in America.
Wealth in America
Research on Dolphins
Not public policy, but I love dolphins.
“Researchers in the United States and Great Britain have made a significant breakthrough in deciphering dolphin language in which a series of eight objects have been sonically identified by dolphins. Team leader, Jack Kassewitz of SpeakDolphin.com, ‘spoke’ to dolphins with the dolphin’s own sound picture words. Dolphins in two separate research centers understood the words, presenting convincing evidence that dolphins employ a universal “sono-pictorial” language of communication.”
Very cool!