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midnight

(26,624 posts) Thu Jan 31, 2013, 01:13 AM Jan 2013

POVERTY AND INEQUALITY IN AMERICA

http://www.demos.org/video/poverty-and-inequality-america

http://video.msnbc.msn.com/msnbc/50607298#50607298

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POVERTY AND INEQUALITY IN AMERICA (Original Post) midnight Jan 2013 OP

yes I think he got it right limpyhobbler Jan 2013 #1

limpyhobbler

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1. yes I think he got it right

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Thu Jan 31, 2013, 09:18 PM

Jan 2013

Wealthy people use their money to influence laws so they can get even more money. So then they have even more influence over the laws. It's a vicious cycle, so the trick is to find a way to break that cycle.

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