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12. It's so obvious - we need a New New Deal, this time with guaranteed minimum income for all.

Thu Sep 12, 2013, 10:43 PM

Sep 2013

The 40-hour work week probably sounded outrageous and pie-in-the-sky to some when it was first proposed.

It's time to ask for even more - to literally share the wealth.

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TIRED of INEQUALITY? Get used to it. Things look like they're only gonna get worse. [View all] Octafish Sep 2013 OP

Jeff Greene(who ran for Senate in Florida in 2010) put it in politically incorrect terms. Dawson Leery Sep 2013 #1

''Having money is great,'' Greene says. ''It’s fun. The more the better.'' Octafish Sep 2013 #9

The rich Wabbajack_ Sep 2013 #19

I think that's called the Army. FiveGoodMen Sep 2013 #49

The police. HooptieWagon Sep 2013 #72

Harder and harder to tell the difference, though. FiveGoodMen Sep 2013 #73

Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2013 #75

I was steamed also rurallib Sep 2013 #2

The guy's vocal intonations are very condescending. Octafish Sep 2013 #11

Steve Inskeep.. sendero Sep 2013 #70

Everytime I hear "koch foundation" I cringe. nt adirondacker Sep 2013 #29

After 30+ years, I officially quit listening to NPR news for good about a week ago corkhead Sep 2013 #52

If you have a computer you can listen to lefty radio all day rurallib Sep 2013 #66

I stopped listening in the early 1990s, late 1980s. The voice tone told me everything I needed to JDPriestly Sep 2013 #71

DURec leftstreet Sep 2013 #3

Recovery for the Rich, Recession for the Rest Octafish Sep 2013 #40

"I remember when Democrats actually used government to level the playing field ... CrispyQ Sep 2013 #43

The social chasm in America Octafish Sep 2013 #44

You should start a thread with this, Octa. nt raccoon Sep 2013 #53

My sentiments exactly - thank you! Raksha Sep 2013 #90

Heard it this morn too but just got on and saw your excellent OP. HUGE K&R nt riderinthestorm Sep 2013 #4

Tyler Cowen is a Harvard man. Octafish Sep 2013 #41

Without question the highest level of condescension this side of Glenn Hubbard . . . hatrack Sep 2013 #86

and how did we get here? questionseverything Sep 2013 #5

It has nothing to do with WHO counts the vote FreakinDJ Sep 2013 #7

... questionseverything Sep 2013 #32

No Government Help for Shrinking Middle Class is going to happen FreakinDJ Sep 2013 #6

That is unless we get generation coming up now involved. Left Coast2020 Sep 2013 #23

You can't fix the kids till you fix the adults that teach them. jtuck004 Sep 2013 #28

A conversation I had with a schoolteacher friend in MN stated that kids are acting more self centered adirondacker Sep 2013 #31

It is time to get pissed Stargazer99 Sep 2013 #64

Is this defeatism? he's conceding the fight altogether? for whom is he conceding? 99th_Monkey Sep 2013 #8

Well see, THAT'S called "framing".......... socialist_n_TN Sep 2013 #83

Orwell was an optimist. Fuddnik Sep 2013 #10

Orwell could never imagine the wealth involved. Octafish Sep 2013 #95

It's so obvious - we need a New New Deal, this time with guaranteed minimum income for all. reformist2 Sep 2013 #12

Absolutely. Absolutely. Absolutely. Octafish Sep 2013 #96

What's happening now was always Reaganism's endgame deutsey Sep 2013 #13

I don't give Reagan much credit, his "handlers" had a lot of the ideas, but I do not think they had Dustlawyer Sep 2013 #15

Reagan was a telegenic puppet for the right-wing reaction deutsey Sep 2013 #17

I think we blame too much on the right-wing. The 1% isnt right or left they are power. rhett o rick Sep 2013 #45

I think you have a point deutsey Sep 2013 #48

Some of it even goes back to Nixon starroute Sep 2013 #22

Exactly...I think I finally realized that deutsey Sep 2013 #39

One vision of the future: Playgrounds for the rich in orbit LongTomH Sep 2013 #14

JFK Continued the New Deal as the New Frontier Octafish Sep 2013 #20

Or it could mean that Americans will actually get radicalized starroute Sep 2013 #16

Great Post. Tiredofthesame Sep 2013 #54

I think that is exactly what will happen Joe Shlabotnik Sep 2013 #65

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Sep 2013 #18

Once business took over government all bets were off Precisely Sep 2013 #21

Your OP title reminds me of the Shins song "No Way Down" Arugula Latte Sep 2013 #24

hey, it is NOT like Obama is doing NOTHING hfojvt Sep 2013 #25

The tax increases were for the top 2% bhikkhu Sep 2013 #27

capital gains taxes increased automatically hfojvt Sep 2013 #33

When you include the lower estate tax rates ("death tax"), yes bhikkhu Sep 2013 #34

it would have been a better deal to let them all expire hfojvt Sep 2013 #37

also, the estate tax cut is NOT that big a deal hfojvt Sep 2013 #38

They want a world where the ONLY way to make it is to kiss their ass for a few crumbs. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2013 #26

Tired of it no, not that, just somewhat jaded by it. Rex Sep 2013 #30

Recced. nt livingwagenow Sep 2013 #35

FOX News made a large portion of our nation collectively stupid. mick063 Sep 2013 #36

Truth is what Democracy craves. Octafish Sep 2013 #47

A lot of us were already stupid enough that we didn't make it a crime to lie and call it news. FiveGoodMen Sep 2013 #57

This vid should go viral, but at six and a half minutes, I guess it's too long for most people. CrispyQ Sep 2013 #42

And the nitwits among us obsess over trashing Greenwald. They cant discuss the intelligence rhett o rick Sep 2013 #46

Oh, please. Just stop. Maedhros Sep 2013 #62

Tell me that those that obsess over Greenwald arent trying to deflect attention from other rhett o rick Sep 2013 #63

Nobody is "obsessing over Greenwald", other than hacks who continue to target him with smears. Maedhros Sep 2013 #69

My greatest apologizes. You misunderstood my intent and I can see why rhett o rick Sep 2013 #74

It is possible that I'm a bit over-reactive when it comes to this particular issue. Maedhros Sep 2013 #78

I completely understand the overreaction, I've done it myself. nm rhett o rick Sep 2013 #81

Ooh, just what we need: a country full of impoverished people with a lot of guns. winter is coming Sep 2013 #50

for profit prisons can take millions more as all those angry people break laws, their lobby wrote. Sunlei Sep 2013 #58

And not for us... awoke_in_2003 Sep 2013 #80

Maybe it's time for the young generation to think about leaving the country to find Vashta Nerada Sep 2013 #51

The RIGHTward move this country has taken in 35 years on nearly ALL fronts is KILLING us. HughBeaumont Sep 2013 #55

this could change if gov would cut the barriers that prevent people from working out of their homes. Sunlei Sep 2013 #56

Hey! I don't see "In God We Trust" on that image of paper money! KansDem Sep 2013 #59

I'm trying not to go insane every time I remember 1984. Octafish Sep 2013 #60

I was bothered all day by that interview. Ursus Rex Sep 2013 #61

Thank you for putting it into words, Ursus Rex. Octafish Sep 2013 #91

K&R! TeamPooka Sep 2013 #67

and guess what - 'electing more democrats' won't help one bit. KG Sep 2013 #68

How about Liberal Democrats? They're infinitely better than the Wall Street lubbers. Octafish Sep 2013 #89

sadly I tend to agree with you gopiscrap Sep 2013 #76

"people who can work with computers can make a lot"... awoke_in_2003 Sep 2013 #77

The guy hit all the right chords, didn't he? Octafish Sep 2013 #88

He is either dense or a liar... awoke_in_2003 Sep 2013 #97

something else to aspire to...selling drugs matt in france Sep 2013 #79

Tired of gloom & doom. washnwmn Sep 2013 #82

Please, write an OP. Meanwhile, the Banksters who destroyed the American middle class... Octafish Sep 2013 #84

I heard this and wanted to throw up . . . hatrack Sep 2013 #85

In boosting the ''size'' at the top of the pyramid from 1- to 15-percent he added a lot of Hopium. Octafish Sep 2013 #87

K & R, bookmarked. Raksha Sep 2013 #92

10% of NPR employees are going to be looking for other jobs-the airwaves belong to the people-right? bobthedrummer Sep 2013 #93

kick. liberal_at_heart Sep 2013 #94

Sounds like this guy is an Elder Basher in the vein of Pete Petersen Foundation... KoKo Sep 2013 #98