Oh my... very bad news for America

[cthulu2016]

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/22/class-ridden-america/

The prospects of nations with globally exceptional depths of class-based political thinking are probably pretty dim.

[sharp_stick]

1. It's still less than 50% support

right out to the 85 or 90th percentile.

All this shows me is that most Americans haven't yet experienced the joy that is austerity.

Make a few of those cuts that Paul Ryan has a permanent hard on for and watch those curves merge in a hurry.

[tridim]

2. I'd like to see this data split by political party.

Because no, the two prominent political parties are NOT anywhere near the same.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

4. I'd swear I saw a post recently about how

something like 95% of the 'recovery' gains under the current administration had gone to the top few percent.

I suppose if the other party had won, it would have been the 'NOT anywhere near the same' 100% of recovery gains going to the top few percent.

There's a difference all right - Democrats at least want to give crumbs to the poor, while Republicans begrudge them even the crumbs.

[DirkGently]

3. Says a lot. n/t

[cthulu2016]

5. .