"Occupy Wall Street" protests have spread to 185 cities as the so-called "99 percent" vent outrage at the nation's financial and political elite. A Congressional Budget Office report released on Tuesday reveals that "since 1979 the average, after-tax income of the top one percent of American households has risen 275 percent," according to The Atlantic. That figure compares to 18 percent growth for the poorest 20 percent; and a 40 percent growth for "middle class" earners.

There's evidence to suggest that Occupy Wall Street is having an impact on Washington: in just the last days Obama has announced programs to help homeowners refinance "underwater" homes and to ease student loan burdens for the lowest income college graduates. Some critics of the proposals say they don't go far enough. Protesters, keep it coming.

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