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bemildred

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4. Bizarre twaddle. Start with the false hypothetical:

Reply to ProSense (Original post)

Fri Feb 14, 2014, 04:23 PM

Feb 2014

"1.) If you buy the thesis that a big jump in high-end inequality has been mostly driven by technology and globalization"

I don't buy anything of the sort, I think that's a ridiculous idea, contrary to simple observation. It's driven by tax policy, graft, and government subsidies and it always has been.

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Do you agree with this? (updated) [View all] ProSense Feb 2014 OP

this is just a rehash of the old rw argument that economic equality comes at the expense of growth unblock Feb 2014 #1

Yup, and another reason not to take the RW seriously: ProSense Feb 2014 #7

OK, so I actually went to the site and started reading the excerpt from cali Feb 2014 #2

Please clarify what you disagree with. idendoit Feb 2014 #3

See the update, and ProSense Feb 2014 #5

I agree with what Zack Beauchamp wrote. idendoit Feb 2014 #11

OK, you agree ProSense Feb 2014 #12

Bizarre twaddle. Start with the false hypothetical: bemildred Feb 2014 #4

Exactly, it's lame BS. n/t ProSense Feb 2014 #6

excellent point. technology made for growth, but didn't demand how the profit was distributed. unblock Feb 2014 #8

In addition to those points, ProSense Feb 2014 #9

More propping up and mainstreaming of the Reich wing as a Trojan Horse appeal to a sense TheKentuckian Feb 2014 #10

It's pure nonsense, and the only people who'll buy it are conservatives. n/t ProSense Feb 2014 #13

Unfortunately, there is no shortage of Democratic party conservatives and more by the day TheKentuckian Feb 2014 #14

Think Progress should be ashamed. ProSense Feb 2014 #15