Evidence to Support Robert Reich's Claims

Repeat from an email post:

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ROBERT REICH'S CLAIMS:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTzMqm2TwgE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mM5Ep9fS7Z0&feature=youtu.be

EVIDENCE SUPPORTING HIS CLAIMS:

The ratio of corporate profits to wages is higher than at any time since the Great Depression:

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/sep/01/robert-reich/robert-reich-says-ratio-corporate-profits-wages-hi/

"Trickle down" economics doesn't work:

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2013/jul/25/barack-obama/barack-obama-says-top-1-percent-saw-incomes-quadru/

http://www.businessinsider.com/mitt-romney-economic-plan-jobs-2012-8

Do higher taxes hurt the economy? An economist studies the evidence:

http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2012/10/does-taxing-the-wealthy-hurt-growth.html

Shrinking government does not create jobs:

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/05/how-our-incredible-shrinking-government-raises-unemployment-and-hurts-the-recovery/275562/

http://www.cbo.gov/publication/44445

Cutting the budget deficit is not more important than boosting the economy with additional spending:

http://www.nationalmemo.com/austerity-debunked-math-is-dead-wrong-in-major-study-cited-by-deficit-hawks/

http://www.peri.umass.edu/236/hash/31e2ff374b6377b2ddec04deaa6388b1/publication/566/

Medicare is not rapidly going bankrupt and actually should it be expanded for all citizens:

http://www.politifact.com/ohio/statements/2012/mar/29/pat-boone/pat-boone-claims-medicare-will-be-bankrupt-nine-ye/

http://www.medicareforall.org/pages/Know

Why Social Security is not a Ponzi Scheme:

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/sep/12/rick-perry/rick-perry-says-social-security-ponzi-scheme/

http://mediamatters.org/research/2011/09/08/social-security-is-not-a-ponzi-scheme/182872

The poor do indeed pay taxes:

http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3505

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Fox News viewers are less informed than those who watch NO news at all:

http://www.businessinsider.com/study-watching-fox-news-makes-you-less-informed-than-watching-no-news-at-all-2012-5

Conservatives are not as intelligent or educated as liberals:

http://www.livescience.com/18132-intelligence-social-conservatism-racism.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/21/obama-hurricane-katrina_n_3790612.html