1/ The reason extreme income inequality is so viscerally repulsive to me is because I’m old enough to remember the time - before 1980 - when it wasn’t this way. It all started with the Reagan tax cuts and Reaganomics in 1980.

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2/ Example: Walmart corporation made $16.4B in profits in 2011 yet pays its employees minimum wage. The family has $100B, more than bottom 40% of all Americans. Unjust economic policies made this possible, and no one no one no one should be okay with it. #TaxTheRich
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I love the beginning of that one #MichaelMoore movie where the voiceover talks about how much nostalgia middle America has for the 50s and then the statistics roll: highest tax rate on the wealthy paying 4 GI Bill, jobs building hiways, cheap public colleges, hi quality schools
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Exactly!
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Reagan was just a return to pre-New Deal norms in many ways. It’s always been a rigged system.
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That’s why we need a new New Deal.
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Don't look to the Democratic Party to save us, they've been feeding at the trough. politico.com/magazine/story/…
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“One percent of Americans own more wealth than the bottom ninety percent. This is not just data..This represents unbelievable human suffering and chronic economic tension and anxiety.” Marianne Williamson
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Often, previous generations had retirement funds, health & life insurance coverage, stock buys, bonuses, Union pay, gold watches, awards, etc as part of employment. Late 80’s: My mother-in-law retired from Bellsouth (AT&T) My Mother retired from Washoe County NV Now haha 😂
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Change is coming, we’ve had enough The backward, upside down, bullshit of this world Enough It’s all right in front of each of us, change We deserve better We will have better, for all people Now! #PeopleFirst #LoveWinsAlways
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Shouting Into The Void
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There was a time when Democrats were reflective of Sanders and Neoliberals like Pelosi & Schumer represented the far right of the Republican Party. I remember it. People had good union jobs, a home, a car, took vacations. Hard to believe 2 generations now have no concept of that.
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