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AZ Progressive

(3,411 posts)
Sun May 22, 2016, 06:54 PM May 2016

Should the majority of Americans suffer for the benefit of a minority of the population?

Last edited Sun May 22, 2016, 08:39 PM - Edit history (1)

I'm talking about the majority of Americans who suffer for being an American so that a minority of the population, the staunch capitalists including the majority in the top 20% and most in the top 1%, want to live like lords.







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Should the majority of Americans suffer for the benefit of a minority of the population? (Original Post) AZ Progressive May 2016 OP
Hell no! There is something seriously wrong with this country when we will protect liberal_at_heart May 2016 #1
Eisenhower had a 92% top tax rate. Waiting For Everyman May 2016 #2
Kick! DJ13 May 2016 #3
Hell yeah! tazkcmo May 2016 #4
Why is this in GDP? wildeyed May 2016 #5
Hillary supporters can't understand why Bernie supporters care so much about income inequality AZ Progressive May 2016 #6
Then shouldn't that be specified in the OP? wildeyed May 2016 #7

liberal_at_heart

(12,081 posts)
1. Hell no! There is something seriously wrong with this country when we will protect
Sun May 22, 2016, 07:01 PM
May 2016

the wealth of those that have multiple homes, multiple boats, multiple cars, and yet let the rest either starve or die due to illness. I will give the crazy conservative Christians credit for one thing. They were right when they said America's morality is in deep decline. They were just wrong about which morals and why.

Waiting For Everyman

(9,385 posts)
2. Eisenhower had a 92% top tax rate.
Sun May 22, 2016, 07:16 PM
May 2016

That is what kept people who set their own pay, from overpaying themselves. Beyond where the top tier started, it was pointless.

It is actually easy to reverse this. It only takes enough votes.

wildeyed

(11,243 posts)
7. Then shouldn't that be specified in the OP?
Sun May 22, 2016, 09:22 PM
May 2016

Otherwise, it seems like a GD topic.

Also, now that you are being specific, many Hillary supporters care about that too but disagree about the best way to address the issue. It is not that we lack the information. But whatever. Not like we haven't had that convo here 1,000,000 times already.

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