Colombia Is Taking On Its Billionaires. Why Can't We?

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http://smirkingchimp.com/thread/thom-hartmann/58413/colombia-is-taking-on-its-billionaires-why-cant-we

Colombia Is Taking On Its Billionaires. Why Can't We?
Economic Equity
by Thom Hartmann | September 19, 2014 - 10:21am

America's billionaires are driving this nation's poverty epidemic. But it doesn't have to be that way.

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In 2013, over 45 million Americans were living in poverty, including one in five children, and today, around 4 percent of our population lives on $2 per day or less.

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There is no reason why one in five children should be struggling with poverty, or why 12.5 million Americans should be living on $2 per day.

Let's take a page out of Colombia's playbook, stand up to the wealthy elite, and finally eliminate poverty in America.