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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWatch John Oliver Explain Why "It's Your Fault You're Not Rich" Is Bullshit
http://m.motherjones.com/mojo/2014/07/last-week-tonight-john-oliver-rant-income-inequalityWatch John Oliver Explain Why "It's Your Fault You're Not Rich" Is Bullshit
Hannah Levintova on Tue. July 15, 2014 4:42 PM PDT
On Sunday's Last Week Tonight, host and comedian John Oliver ripped into American politicians' colossal mishandling of the US wealth gap, which continues to grow to ever more astronomical proportions. As Oliver points out, plenty of lawmakers insist the game isn't rigged against the poorahem, Marco Rubiowhile others recognize the problem but are too afraid to be gung-ho on the issue because of, well, politics.
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Watch John Oliver Explain Why "It's Your Fault You're Not Rich" Is Bullshit (Original Post)
G_j
Jul 2014
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Gothmog
(145,242 posts)1. Oliver is dong a great job
I really like this show
I watched an interview he had with Charlie Rose the other day and I must say Oliver is right on
Capt. Obvious
(9,002 posts)3. You too can be born rich
G_j
(40,367 posts)4. love the lottery segment
PowerToThePeople
(9,610 posts)5. this was really good
I have seen a couple of his bits on posted on DU, they have always been real good.
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)6. Great clip
Very entertaining 14 minutes.
Marco Rubio: "America is a country of haves and soon to haves". Yup there could be 300,000,000 billionaires in America if they all worked hard and took care of their money (not).