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Skwmom

(12,685 posts)
Wed Feb 10, 2016, 04:15 PM Feb 2016

Stop the lying: Redistribution of Wealth Upwards has been going on for decades...

When we pay MORE for prescription drugs than any country in the world - what is that? A redistribution of wealth upwards?

When we have a county that lets BILLIONAIRES build their fortunes by being able to defer taxes for years (most likely indefinitely), etc. that is a redistribution of wealth upwards.

And on and on.

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Stop the lying: Redistribution of Wealth Upwards has been going on for decades... (Original Post) Skwmom Feb 2016 OP
It's what government does - defense contracts, exemptions from normal taxation ... closeupready Feb 2016 #1
Ever since Reagan. HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #2
Exactly. They weren't going to put their eggs in one basket. Skwmom Feb 2016 #3
And the DLC wanted a spot at the corporate feed trough also. HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #4
 

closeupready

(29,503 posts)
1. It's what government does - defense contracts, exemptions from normal taxation ...
Wed Feb 10, 2016, 04:20 PM
Feb 2016

this is wealth redistribution - making one class of people relatively wealthier than others by making those others pay for it.

 

HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)
2. Ever since Reagan.
Wed Feb 10, 2016, 04:37 PM
Feb 2016

And the DLC, co-founded by the Clintons, backed by Koch brothers money, was a Trojan Horse bringing that shit into the Democratic Party. Both party establishments work for the same damn people.

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