40 yrs ago America took a terrible turn, initiating a massive transfer of wealth into the hands of 1% of us. Through a reworking of tax laws to favor the already rich, union busting, deregulation & every other tool of oligarchy imaginable, we have economically tyrannized a nation

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We? "The Half Has Never Been Told" youtube.com/xgfLnAeXXBQ
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Save it for your racist Establishment party.
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Other nations followed. Look at the UK, for instance.
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Reagan. Broke my heart. My dad died when I was 12 yrs. he took away aid to dependent children at 18 instead of through college. I鈥檝e never forgotten how much tougher it made it for me
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Our government has become cruel and opressive to everyone ... Where's FDR when we really need him?
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Same in the UK
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You might do well to check out this site... you鈥檝e certainly got the math correct (40yrs) wtfhappenedin1971.com/
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That鈥檚 when we ended the Bretton-Woods agreement and cut the last tie to gold. Inflation has a massive concentrating effect on wealth. Our money loses value while the banks and Wall St feed directly off the printing press.
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not just America...
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