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    Which Way, L.A.?

    Income Redistribution: Basic Fairness or 'Class Warfare?'

    The stimulus package already passed and signed into law provides tax credits for 95 percent of American workers. Now the President wants to increase taxes on the wealthy, partly by letting the Bush tax cuts expire. One of his goals is to reduce the growing gap between the rich and the poor.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    The stimulus package already passed and signed into law provides tax credits for 95 percent of American workers. Now the President wants to increase taxes on the wealthy, partly by letting the Bush tax cuts expire. One of his goals is to reduce the growing gap between the rich and the poor. We hear a debate and look at other factors that cause economic dislocation, including technology, changes in the work force and increased anxiety.

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    The Latest on Stem-Cell Research in California
    1. 1:25Income Redistribution: Basic Fairness or 'Class Warfare?'You’re reading this
    2. 27:12President Obama and Stem-Cell Research in California
    3. 45:05Happy 50th Birthday, Barbie
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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      Sonya Geis

      Senior Managing Editor

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      Roberton 'Bob' Williams

      Tax Policy Center

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      Amity Shlaes

      Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation

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      Daniel Gross

      Strategy + Business

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    The Latest on Stem-Cell Research in California
    1. 1:25Income Redistribution: Basic Fairness or 'Class Warfare?'You’re reading this
    2. 27:12President Obama and Stem-Cell Research in California
    3. 45:05Happy 50th Birthday, Barbie
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