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In reply to the discussion: 'We were shocked': RAND study uncovers massive income shift to the top 1% [View all]Aussie105
(5,318 posts)46. Unionism was supposed to prevent this.
. . . . then Unionism was given a bad name.
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'We were shocked': RAND study uncovers massive income shift to the top 1% [View all]
Sherman A1
Sep 2020
OP
RAND has been used and abused for decades. Sometimes they are right about something.
erronis
Sep 2020
#29
Exactly. It was also at the cost of stiffing small shareholders on what should have been dividends.
Warpy
Sep 2020
#39
We need to start taxing wealth, high incomes, stock sales while eliminating many cuts and loopholes
LonePirate
Sep 2020
#7
Yep! "Trickle down economics" is doing exactly what it is designed to do...
Wounded Bear
Sep 2020
#15
Seriously? Shocked? We've been living it. Middle class on life support and we're on the edge.
Evolve Dammit
Sep 2020
#26
Today's Minimum Wage Would Be $24 if worker pay had kept pace with productivity gains since 1968
iluvtennis
Sep 2020
#27
Only someone truly clueless or asleep for the last four decades could be shocked
pecosbob
Sep 2020
#31
When I first graduated from college in 1984, my supervisor said that incomes double every 15 years.
aggiesal
Sep 2020
#40
Dear Tea Partiers, Trumpers, all Republicans: Your wealth has officially been redistributed.
Beartracks
Sep 2020
#45