Why has the gap between wealthy and poor Americans gotten wider? Federal tax policy is part of the story. Those at the top of the income ladder have been the biggest beneficiaries of tax cuts over the last three decades, but the biggest change has come in the shape of the economy itself.
Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/10/29/141816778/why-the-haves-have-so-much?ft=1&f=1014
Jeff Merkley John Hoeven Lisa Murkowski Maria Cantwell Scott Brown Mark Kirk Bob Casey, Jr. Dean Heller