2016 Postmortem

PufPuf23

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5. A wealth distribution where middle, working, poor, young, and elder demographics

Sun May 29, 2016, 02:26 PM

May 2016

had income for basic needs and some discretionary spending would have resulted in even greater wealth generation.

There would be more consumer demand and a multiplier effect from the spending.

Natural resources would be better allocated.

Common folks would live better and wealthy folks would build less monuments to their vanity, have less homes, and a smaller paper fortune.

I support a guaranteed minimum income plus health care, childcare, and education as civil rights.

The idea of "full employment" is antiquated because of technology and other efficiencies.

Technology and other efficiencies have served to concentrate wealth upwards rather than create security and leisure time for the common people.

Service jobs do not pay well enough to provide the basic needs and common wants available and potentially available to all.

FDR had it correct with his 2nd Bill of Rights.

As long as neo-liberal politics and economics prevail, we will not move towards but rather away from these goals.

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Thank Gore for the Internet. Octafish May 2016 #19

+1 mmonk May 2016 #40

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Well...that's the overwhelming preference, anyway. Lizzie Poppet May 2016 #15

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Oligarchy! CorkySt.Clair May 2016 #45

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Oligarchy! Oligarchy! Oligarchy! CorkySt.Clair May 2016 #57

Buy Partisan Trickle Down Economics is now the gold standard. Octafish May 2016 #46

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sitting between Bush and Jones and laughing it up. Disgusting. liberal_at_heart May 2016 #8

Jones? jwirr May 2016 #24

Jerry Jones, owner of the Dallas Cowboys, a man who made it big in the oil biddniss. Octafish May 2016 #27

Sounds like another Bill. jwirr May 2016 #30

In an Eyes Wide Shut kind of way. Octafish May 2016 #31

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Yep. Carlin absolutely nailed it. Lizzie Poppet May 2016 #14

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+1 mmonk May 2016 #41

There's never enough for greedy piggies, never. nt nc4bo May 2016 #11

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I am sure that your graph is too complicated for those that support the Wealthy. rhett o rick May 2016 #48

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