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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOh my... very bad news for America
The prospects of nations with globally exceptional depths of class-based political thinking are probably pretty dim.
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Oh my... very bad news for America (Original Post)
cthulu2016
Apr 2014
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sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)1. It's still less than 50% support
right out to the 85 or 90th percentile.
All this shows me is that most Americans haven't yet experienced the joy that is austerity.
Make a few of those cuts that Paul Ryan has a permanent hard on for and watch those curves merge in a hurry.
tridim
(45,358 posts)2. I'd like to see this data split by political party.
Because no, the two prominent political parties are NOT anywhere near the same.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)4. I'd swear I saw a post recently about how
something like 95% of the 'recovery' gains under the current administration had gone to the top few percent.
I suppose if the other party had won, it would have been the 'NOT anywhere near the same' 100% of recovery gains going to the top few percent.
There's a difference all right - Democrats at least want to give crumbs to the poor, while Republicans begrudge them even the crumbs.
DirkGently
(12,151 posts)3. Says a lot. n/t
cthulu2016
(10,960 posts)5. .