Government Hands More Than $1 Trillion to Wealthy While Deficit Is $642 Billion

Tuesday, 17 September 2013 10:32  
By Dave Johnson, Campaign for America's Future | News Analysis 

While our government is laying off hundreds and hundreds of thousands and cutting services in the name of cutting deficits, a new report exposes that taxpayers are handing more than $1 trillion a year to the wealthiest.

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