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Bernie Sanders

merrily

(45,251 posts) Tue May 5, 2015, 06:09 AM May 2015

The economic questions of our time, by Bernie Sanders [View all]

The economic questions of our time:

How does it happen that, despite huge gains in technology and productivity, the average American today is working longer hours for less wages?

How does it happen that the median family income today is almost $5,000 less than in 1999, while 99% of all new income is going to the top 1%?

Senator Bernie Sanders (I), Vermont.

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The economic questions of our time, by Bernie Sanders [View all] merrily May 2015 OP

Trade deficit. Enthusiast May 2015 #1

Yes, it is the trade deficit Red Oak May 2015 #4

Nicely said. erronis May 2015 #5

Most people do vote their pocketbooks. "It's the economy, stupid," to quote Carville. merrily May 2015 #7

Plutocracies are like that... KJG52 May 2015 #2

We need Bernie!! AzDar May 2015 #3

And I would argue that many of us in IT have helped automation a lot... cascadiance May 2015 #6

Yep. Please see Reply 7. merrily May 2015 #8