Topic: Let Them Eat Cake

Bailed-out bankers lecture homeowners about meeting mortgage obligations. Multimillionaire politicians tell their constituents they're "struggling like everyone else with the economy." Billionaire Charlie Munger suggests that the homeless and unemployed should "suck it up and cope." Written by David Sirota, our Let Them Eat Cake feature tracks how shockingly out of touch the powerful really are during the Great Recession.

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