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In reply to the discussion: What is the ultimate solution to income inequality in the US? [View all]mazzarro
(3,450 posts)24. Probably another aspect is to ask - What is the ultimate cost of income inequality?
The lack of appropriate income for some in the society must have a cost that is at moment not taken into account. For a lost of those that are at the low end of income scale, there are opportunities that have been lost for lack of resource to pursue ideas or opportunities that could have benefited the society and indeed the persons themselves.
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do you think if that was done that the most productive of our country now would still
oneofthe99
May 2014
#6
Oh, I already knew you weren't here to discuss. I thought I'd try anyway though.
Electric Monk
May 2014
#12
There is no way to ultimately do away with inequality in a capitalist system.
Gravitycollapse
May 2014
#16
Probably another aspect is to ask - What is the ultimate cost of income inequality?
mazzarro
May 2014
#24
Do what FDR did - progressive taxes, better safety net, union protections, tighter regulation,
pampango
May 2014
#28
Pretty much the same as the ultimate solution to social inequality in the US
Fumesucker
May 2014
#36