But not to worry! It’ll Trickle Down any time now!
“Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.” ~ John Steinbeck
1. “Of all developed nations, the United States has the most unequal distribution of income, and we’re surging towards even greater inequality.” (washingtonpost.com)
2. Graph: CEO vs worker pay 1940-2004
4. Executives receive 1/3rd of all pay in the U.S.
5. CEO’s Who Lay Off Workers Get Paid More
6. CEOs earn 343 times more than typical workers
7. 400 Americans have more wealth than half of all Americans combined.
“I would add one more insidious problem: safe districts. The art and science of redistricting is now too sophisticated. It’s to the point where several states have majorities of their populations voting one way but the opposite political party in power. We need to have an algorithmic method of creating districts that is the same for everyone. It’s safe districts that allow nutjobs to do their thing, because they know there’s no chance in hell they’ll lose come next election, except potentially in the primary to someone from their own party who is even more extreme.
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