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Autumn

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8. No one's standard of living will change? How comforting. At least for the wealthy.
Tue Jun 18, 2019, 09:11 PM
Jun 2019

I think the big problem we have is that the standard of living for the poor and the working class is changing. For the worse.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
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I think income inequality is different from wealth inequality. The first generally refers to.... George II Jun 2019 #1
I can completely accept that tishaLA Jun 2019 #3
We can solve income inequality on a case by case basis or, in a perfect world... George II Jun 2019 #6
Warren proposes to impose an ultra-wealth tax on people worth 50,000,000+ marylandblue Jun 2019 #10
I don't know why they're referred to as "high dollar fundraisers", they're fundraisers where.... George II Jun 2019 #11
Probably called that because $5600 is more than most people can afford to donate, marylandblue Jun 2019 #14
Income inequality is when janitors getting $7.50 an hour and Jeff Bezos gets $1,000,000 an hour marylandblue Jun 2019 #9
No, income inequality is when male janitors get $10.00 an hour and female janitors get $7.50. George II Jun 2019 #16
No, that's a form of gender inequality. Income inequality is what I said it is. marylandblue Jun 2019 #18
Huh? I think that's called giving a nod to income inequality ... at best. hedda_foil Jun 2019 #2
That's how I read it, too tishaLA Jun 2019 #5
If the rich keep insisting on holding on to every penny they can grab. Blue_true Jun 2019 #7
Ouch! Wellstone ruled Jun 2019 #4
No one's standard of living will change? How comforting. At least for the wealthy. Autumn Jun 2019 #8
Oof melman Jun 2019 #12
Here some words from Biden at this Fundraiser.. Cha Jun 2019 #13
"rich people are just as patriotic as poor people" mtnsnake Jun 2019 #15
It gets worse melman Jun 2019 #17
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