72% of Americans Say the Rich 'Have Too Much' as GOP Pursues Another Handout for Billionaires

[Brenda]

The survey, conducted in April with a representative sample of more than 950 registered voters nationwide, shows "broad frustration with how wealth is distributed in America, specifically the extreme concentration of wealth among the superrich," the magazine reported in its write-up of the results, which came just ahead of the latest swing of Sen. Bernie Sanders' (I-Vt.) popular "Fighting Oligarchy" tour.

Few respondents, across party lines, said they believe the richest 0.1% and 1% are paying their fair share of taxes, according to the survey, and 66% said they think the wealthiest Americans are paying "too little" in taxes.

The findings were published as Trump and GOP lawmakers in Congress worked to pass another round of tax breaks that would disproportionately benefit the wealthiest Americans.

Meanwhile, a new analysis from the Ludwig Institute for Shared Economic Prosperity (LISEP) estimates that what the group describes as the "true rate of unemployment"—which counts "the jobless plus those seeking, but unable to find, full-time employment and those in poverty-wage jobs"—rose to 24.3% last month, just one indicator of workers' growing struggles in the U.S.

"Over the past four months, we've seen a stagnation in job opportunities that pay above poverty wages, particularly for low- and middle-income workers," said LISEP chair Gene Ludwig. "As economic uncertainty grows, more Americans are losing ground. Wages aren't keeping up with the rising cost of living, and the shrinking availability of living-wage jobs is compounding the strain. The consequences for working families are becoming increasingly severe."

Go Bernie and AOC! Get way into the Deep South and show the world how many Americans are NOT INTO MAGA!

https://www.commondreams.org/news/americans-rich

[Stargleamer]

1. And some of those vote to give the Plutocrats even more every time

They vote for a Republican

[haele]

3. That's because of the "A Poor Man Never Gave Me a Job" mindset...

Like a poor folks as a whole don't spend the money they barely have to get by, which trickles up to the merchants and service providers, who use the profit off the money they made off poor, middle class, and the occasional rich person who visits their shop to send their kids to college, expand their stores, hire more folks, pay higher wages to their poor workers, who can then buy more, continuing the cycle to grow the economy.
Yes, poor folks give you a job, because when they can spend collectively, your job depends on them requiring your skills, goods, and services.
When poor people and lower wage people can't spend, the base of your economy fails and depression hits.
Economies don't work on a trickle downwards, they work on a grow upwards.

[markodochartaigh]

2. Bernie is even going to

Amarillo!

[no_hypocrisy]

4. My sister.

In 1994, my sister met my friend and me at Sardi's. We were sitting at the bar.

My sister had just been married for maybe six months. Nice guy. Did the corporate numbers for CBS and Viacom. She "worked" for MTV, although her only job duties were mailing out five alimony checks for her boss at the correct time of the month.

Back to the story. My sister was musing how much her life had changed since marriage. She couldn't believe that she was married, had a great job, her husband had a great job -- and she had too much money.

Yup, she said those exact words.

As she was sitting between us, my friend and I caught each other's eyes and simultaneously called out, "BARTENDER!"

Pretty sure she's a MAGAt but is too insipid to know it.