<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/284ca674-165a-4f4b-801c-3a33883425d1/B6BD358F-069C-404C-AEBB-D69E7E71A61E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2008/10/spreading_the_wealth_around_3.php" href="http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2008/10/spreading_the_wealth_around_3.php" style="font-size: 11px;">yglesias.thinkprogress.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2008/10/spreading_the_wealth_around_3.php"><H2 class="title"><A title="Permanent link to 'Spreading the Wealth Around'" rel="bookmark" href="http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2008/10/spreading_the_wealth_around_3.php">Spreading the Wealth Around</A><SPAN class="storyexpander"><A id="exlink1-19090" class="storyexpander">»</A></SPAN></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2008/10/spreading_the_wealth_around_3.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/yglesias.thinkprogress.org/img/CAAB8836-8261-42BA-8918-02496BC0C0BB" alt="wealth.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2008/10/spreading_the_wealth_around_3.php"><P>Similarly, when you hear about the evils of <A href="http://www.americanprogressaction.org/talkingpoints/2007/06/fairer_workplace.html">EFCA</A> recall that when unionization rates were higher in the first half of the postwar era, overall economic growth was stronger and distributed more equally. But declining rates of unionization have helped create a situation where the richest get most of the pie <EM>and</EM> there’s less overall pie. Which is fine if you own houses and/or a $150,000 wardrobe but the rest of us would benefit if the wealth was spread around a bit more.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/B6BD358F-069C-404C-AEBB-D69E7E71A61E/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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