Colbert: "Why Not Make it Official? Let the Rich Start Their Own Country."

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| Wed Mar. 2, 2011 12:30 PM PST

Our new issue's cover package on the new plutocracy has gotten a record response—more than two million people have looked at the income inequality charts that accompanied Kevin Drum's piece. Among them, it turns out, was Stephen Colbert, who built a segment around the package in Tuesday's show and offered a simple, brilliant solution. Over to you, Stephen.

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