Economic inequality

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We are the 99 Percent.

Priscilla Grim

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Grim, Priscilla and Chris. Slogan of the Occupy movement. 17 Sept. 2011 - 9 Nov. 2016. Originally Chris credited an August 2011 flyer for the NYC assembly "We The 99%" for the term.

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Aristotle. Politics. 4th century BC, bk. 4.

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Aristotle. Politics, translated by R. F. Stalley and Sir Ernest Barker. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 4.

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Bentham, Jeremy. Supply Without Burthen; or Escheat Vice Taxation. London: J. Debrett, 1795.

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Bentham, Jeremy. "Supply Without Burthen; or Escheat Vice Taxation." Jeremy Bentham's Economic Writings, edited by Werner Stark. Vol. 1, Routledge, 2003.

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Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard's Almanack. Philadelphia, 1733.

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Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1733." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "The Rich Boy." Redbook, Jan. - Feb. 1926.

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "The Rich Boy." F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby, All the Sad Young Men & Other Writings 1920-1926, edited by James L. W. West, III. Library of America, 2022.

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Roosevelt, Franklin D. "Second Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1937, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Roosevelt, Franklin D. "Second Inaugral Address: Washington, DC, January 20, 1937." Great Speeches, edited by John Grafton. Dover, 1999.

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Glengarry Glen Ross. Directed by James Foley, Zupnik Enterprises, 1992.

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France, Anatole. Le Lys Rouge [The Red Lily]. Paris: Calmann-Lévy, 1894, ch. 7.

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Arnold, Matthew. "Equality." Mixed Essays. London: Smith, Elder & Co./New York: Macmillan and Co., 1879.

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Brand, Russell. RÆŽVOâ…ƒUTION. Ballantine Books/Century, 2014, ch. 10.

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Goldsmith, Oliver. The Deserted Village. London: W. Griffin, 1770, l. 51.

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George, Henry. Progress and Poverty: An Inquiry into the Cause of Industrial Depressions and of Increase of Want with Increase of Wealth: The Remedy. Doubleday, Page & Co., 1879, introductory.

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George, Henry. The Essence of Progress and Poverty. Dover Publications, 2020, ch. 1.

Only the little people pay taxes.

Leona Helmsley

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Helmsley, Leona. Quoted in "Maid Testifies Helmsley Denied Paying Taxes." Written by The Associated Press. The New York Times, 12 July 1989.

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Kennedy, John F. "Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1961, US Capitol Building, East Portico, Washington, DC, USA.

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Harding, William G. "Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1921, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Obama, Barack. "First Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 2009, West Front, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Obama, Barack. "Second Inaugural Address." 21 Jan. 2013, West Front, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.