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Taking Back Our Economy - Part 7 

The "Rules" and What They Mean for Us
The Rich Get Richer While the Poor Get Poorer    

The Rapid Response Economics Series is getting back to the basics this week.  We left off a few weeks ago talking about how those in power make the rules.  Where workers and their allies once made laws and enacted standards that grew the middle class, we're now on a course that is dangerously shrinking the middle class.  We've heard that the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer, and it's true.