health care bill as socialized medicine and cuts to medicare, that there is no rule in politics against arguing in the alternative, no matter how illogical or cynical. thanks to a new poll from russell sage foundation we now with more accuracy about the politics and world view of the 1%. foundation polled a representative sample of 1% and found, not surprisingly, they're mostly conservatives who don't want to raise taxes, worry about deficit. with you now know the beltway conventional wisdom reflects perfectly. we know no shortage of statistics to show how grotesque our nation's wealth distribution has become during second gilded age but thanks to berkeley economist we know a new one. in 2007, most recent year for data available, total assets of sixth wealthiest walton, walmart family heir was equal to the