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[30] 10 Dec. 2010 < http://www.presstv.ir/detail/139460.html >; 10 Dec. 2010 .

[32] "Prison Population Around the Globe," N.Y. Times, 22 April 2008, 13 Dec, 2010 .

[33] ".["] Among the 21 most affluent nations, the United States has the highest percentage of poor children. In fact, our rate is twice that of the country next in line.["]." "Children in Poverty, America's Ongoing War," Hearts and Minds Network, Inc., 8 Dec. 2010 < http://www.heartsandminds.org/articles/childpov.htm >.

[34] " The State of America's Children 2010 Report," Children's Defense Fund , 8 Dec. 2010 < http://www.childrensdefense.org/child-research-data-publications/data/state-of-americas-children-2010-report.html >, ".["] The United States has the unwanted distinction of being the worst among industrialized nations in relative child poverty, in the gap between rich and poor, in teen birth rates, and in child gun violence ["]."

[35] "Growing Unequal? Income Distribution and Poverty in OECD Countries," Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development, 2008 Oct., 11 Dec. 2010 ;

11 Dec. 2010 Chart .

[36] Rupert Cornwell.

[37] Doug Thompson, "Bush on the Constitution, "It's just a goddamn piece of paper'," 10 Dec. 2005 Capitol Hill Blue, 11 Dec. 2010 .

[38] Doug Thompson

[39] Dan Ariely and Michael I. Norton, "Building a Better America -- One Wealth Quintile At A Time," 13 Dec. 2010 .

[40] Robert Trigaux, "How Americans Spread the Wealth," St. Petersburg Times, 3 Oct. 2010, 13 Dec. 2010 .

[41] Growing Unequal?

[42] The American Heritage - Dictionary of the English Language , Fourth Edition, (Houghton Mifflin Company 2006), 9 Dec. 2010 .

[43] Supreme Court of the United States, Citizens United v . Federal Election Commission, (No. 08-205), 21 Jan. 2010, 13 Dec. 2010 ; 13 Dec. 2010 .

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