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Newsjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 10:53 AM Original message |
Income Inequality Is At An All-Time High: Study |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
1. Single Payer would go a long way towards income equality |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 04:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. Which is why the gilded classes are fighting it with napalm. |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 12:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
32. Single payer, EFCA, progressive taxes |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
2. k&r for exposure. American capitalism is evil and is in major need of reform. n/t |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 04:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. It's out of sync, it's not - by definition - evil. |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 09:17 PM Response to Reply #15 |
30. Ultimately, I agree with you. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 08:25 AM Response to Reply #30 |
36. And I agree with you. |
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Scruffy1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 09:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
29. Capitalism |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 09:19 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Welcome to DU! |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
3. I was just thinking. Where in the Constitution does it say our economic system has to be |
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Libertas1776 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 11:19 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. oh county worker |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 11:33 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. thank you |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 11:34 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Indeed. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
4. we don't need just jobs -- though god knows we need those -- |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 08:27 AM Response to Reply #4 |
37. *ding* *ding* *ding* we have a winner |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
6. it's a sick statistic |
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wilt the stilt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
9. trickle down works |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 04:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. You mean it once "worked." Now they've fixed it. |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
10. Does that mean we can |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 07:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. would you care to provide links? |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
11. Trickled On works |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
12. We've been governed by conservatives for decades. |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 01:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. DOn't forget Clinton I |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 04:03 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. He still did what no Republican could do: Balance the budget properly. |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 04:35 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Couldn't? For real conservatives, deficits are made to cripple liberal programs. |
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704wipes (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 08:30 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. deficits= diversion to plutocrats pockets of govt income streams |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 11:41 AM Response to Reply #26 |
38. Absolutely right. In fact, if you hate government and love private enterprise, |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 04:33 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. It isn't just that they governed for part of it, it's the influence they had when they didn't. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 08:39 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. There's not a time in the past several decades when we weren't governed by conservatives... |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 12:08 PM Response to Reply #27 |
39. You're right. They have guided government even under Democrats. |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
17. I see the upper-class has finally fixed that "trickle-down" problem. |
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Lagomorph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
19. Well, giving a couple trillion to the banks and businesses... |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
21. The TARP bailout boldy reinforces the mechanisms |
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Mosby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
23. delete |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
25. that's why the Yellowstone Club bankruptcy gives me endless amusement |
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senseandsensibility (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-14-09 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
28. kick |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
33. sad k/r |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
34. This is the "original sin" of American society. Every other form of |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-15-09 08:22 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. That's the impression, so far. |
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