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In case you haven’t noticed (I sure haven’t), we’re in the midst of an economic recovery — one where the top 1% has gobbled up 93% of it, according to economist Emmanuel Saez. Here’s a handy little chart to see who the One Percent’s “legal enablers” — aka congressional legislators — truly are. Find your district,…

Edwardo Jackson

Nov 5, 2012

Click for the interactive map to see how your representative voted in Congress on matters of economic inequality, which rates congressional representatives on a range of “most 1% friendly” to “most 99% friendly.” As you can see, Seattle is in good hands (way to go, Jim!).

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