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In reply to the discussion: Why haven't we heard of Jamie Johnson, heir to the Johnson & Johnson fortune? a GREAT [View all]YankmeCrankme
(587 posts)I realize he was pretty young when he did this, but I wish he would have responded to Milton Friedman's assertion that things would have been worse if he's policies had not been implemented with a comment that the 30 years prior to the 1980's when we had higher taxes, more business regulations and stronger unions the wealth increase of the 99% was more in line with the top 1% and much greater than it has been in the last 30 years.
You could really sense the unease, especially when that that financial consultant explained himself and afterwards said something like, "gee, hope that didn't come out to harsh." and preceded to dig himself deeper with his explanation over why it is good to cut social programs to reduce taxes on the rich.
Plus, at the end you could see the defeat and sadness in his dad's eyes over the story of how J&J took him to task over his film. It seemed to have taught him while you should help individuals less fortunate when you can, you aren't going to change the world for the multitudes.