Beware of oligarchy's Williamson. IMO Shes a mouthpiece of DNC. Its as tho everything she says has been pre-approved by DNC. She'll keep you in the Repub. vs. Democrats Fake Paradigm 4Ever so that U Support the Rightwing Neolibs. @jimmy_dore @miserablelib @ajamubaraka @MFlowers8

The real question become who Can and has the balls to do something about it? @marwilliamson

In 1972 Nixon gave his buddy Richard Kaiser, the gift of legalizing for profit private health insurance. Previously all healthcare in the uS was non profit. Then Reagan...

But, even if we've been around long enough to view this widening chasm with horror, there are whole segments of the American population for whom economic inequality has always been a devastating scourge. Reagonomics AND racism were/are both punishing systems.

Actually it started in 1972 (the year Biden won his 1st senate election) See graf#2 at: bit.ly/EPI-study Vast maj of workers hav suffered 49 years of declining expectations in an econ they helped grow 150%, nearly 90% of gains flowing to the <1%. They r pol orphans.

Are you saying we started the War on Poverty 15 years too early? Or everyone was equally impoverished?

Not mention Walmart helped destroy main street in so many small towns

Yup...right down to the "make America great again" slogan.

I read mental health clinics were closed, and patients ended up on the streets. Yes, that was the begginning of many inequality issues.

Regan destroyed the middle class! I clearly remember most families having only one parent working and making ends meet.