The wealthiest one percent of Americans control roughly 40 percent of the nation's wealth, a gap wider than at any point in nearly a century, and this Al Jazeera report goes to Washington to watch the fight over what to do about it. With the national debt near 14.3 trillion dollars and unemployment still high, Republicans and Democrats clash over whether to cut Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security or to preserve tax cuts for top earners, with the 2012 presidential race as the backdrop for every vote. Interviews trace how campaign contributions and charitable giving from the top 1% shape policy outcomes that reach the other 99%, from wage stagnation to shrinking access to healthcare and education. The film keeps its focus on Congress and the budget process rather than abstraction, following specific legislative fights over entitlement spending as they play out in real time. It treats the inequality numbers as a starting point for a concrete argument about who Washington's decisions are actually built to serve.