<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/91791c47-3e8c-4ba4-9ff2-22902644fb0b/F07D353A-6DC8-4245-B22D-8413BA0B2527/" 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://www.alternet.org/workplace/143485/after_the_billionaires_plundered_alabama_town%2C_troops_were_called_in_..._illegally?obref=obnetwork" href="http://www.alternet.org/workplace/143485/after_the_billionaires_plundered_alabama_town%2C_troops_were_called_in_..._illegally?obref=obnetwork" style="font-size: 11px;">www.alternet.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.alternet.org/workplace/143485/after_the_billionaires_plundered_alabama_town%2C_troops_were_called_in_..._illegally?obref=obnetwork"><DIV> <P class="storyheadline">After the Billionaires Plundered Alabama Town, Troops Were Called in ... Illegally</p> <P class="storybyline"> <B> By <A title="View all stories by Mark Ames" href="http://www.alternet.org/authors/7291/">Mark Ames</A>, <A href="http://www.alternet.org">AlterNet</A>. Posted October 24, 2009.</B></p> </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://www.alternet.org/workplace/143485/after_the_billionaires_plundered_alabama_town%2C_troops_were_called_in_..._illegally?obref=obnetwork"><EM>"We have to tolerate the inequality as a way to achieve greater prosperity and opportunity for all," said one </EM><A href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/oct/21/executive-pay-bonuses-goldmansachs"><EM>Goldman Sachs vice-chairman</EM></A><EM> recently. 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