Opportunity or Inequality? That’s No Choice At All.
MORNING MESSAGE
Richard Eskow
Opportunity or Inequality? That’s No Choice At All.
... a false debate ... is consuming politicians and thought leaders in Washington. Make that two false debates. The first is drawn from the conservative notion that the only way to create opportunity for the middle class is by allowing the ultra-rich to become even richer through tax breaks, deregulation, and other policy contrivances ... On the Democratic side of the aisle, the debate is between those who want to emphasize inequality and those who want to keep pushing the somewhat blander framing of “opportunity for all.” ... Unless it’s accompanied by some redistributive measures, the call for “opportunity” is likely to become little more than a feel-good mantra that allows this political paralysis to continue.
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