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    From the page: "Wealth Inequality Destroys US Ideals By Don Monkerud July 4, 2009 Editor's Note: Since the national rise of Ronald Reagan three decades ago, the United States has been on a deadly course for a Republic, with wealth rapidly concentrating at the top and average... more

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    From the page: "Wealth Inequality Destroys US Ideals By Don Monkerud July 4, 2009 Editor's Note: Since the national rise of Ronald Reagan three decades ago, the United States has been on a deadly course for a Republic, with wealth rapidly concentrating at the top and average Americans sinking or struggling to stay afloat. On the 233rd anniversary of American independence - a war fought for the equality of all mankind - writer Don Monkerud examines how these gross economic imbalances threaten that vision: In June 2009, the U.S. economy saw its second steepest decline in 27 years. New jobless claims increased, business inventories fell and exports plunged as bad economic news persisted. Will the once high-flying American wealth machine continue to produce the vast inequalities of the past? "