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Prosper

(761 posts)
15. "The world has changed "
Fri Nov 8, 2019, 08:17 PM
Nov 2019

You are so right. 45000 people die earlier and suffer more denied health care.

Nearly 45,000 annual deaths are associated with lack of health insurance, according to a new study published online today by the American Journal of Public Health.

The right wing bought every possible law to make aquiring money cheaper, faster and easier.

Allowed usury rates on loans. Some loans have 250% interest rates.

Made NINJA loans to high school graduates inflating cost of college to exceed $160K while providing some super easy degrees that can’t earn a graduate a job.

Allowed deregulation of the stock market that almost collapsed the economy. And then socialized the debt.

Times have changed.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided

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Of course in 1955 Dem4Life1102 Nov 2019 #1
Your point being? FiveGoodMen Nov 2019 #2
The point being that it's not 1955 anyone Dem4Life1102 Nov 2019 #3
Yeah. It is different. Hassin Bin Sober Nov 2019 #5
True but we need new solutions Dem4Life1102 Nov 2019 #7
I know, hows about we tax vast piles of accumulated wealth? Voltaire2 Nov 2019 #20
That might work Dem4Life1102 Nov 2019 #21
Personal income comes after the whole world competition stuff. Hassin Bin Sober Nov 2019 #4
Not saying they shouldn't Dem4Life1102 Nov 2019 #8
I suppose looking back at the rise of Nazi Germany isn't the way either ! pangaia Nov 2019 #9
False analogy Dem4Life1102 Nov 2019 #10
Excellent response oldsoftie Nov 2019 #12
Thanks Dem4Life1102 Nov 2019 #13
"The world has changed " Prosper Nov 2019 #15
Yes Dem4Life1102 Nov 2019 #16
We got here today by letting the right destroy Prosper Nov 2019 #17
Yes the world has changed Dem4Life1102 Nov 2019 #18
You forge a BIG reason things are so different from the 50s. oldsoftie Nov 2019 #19
I'm not envious of the billionaire class ritapria Nov 2019 #6
Despite these high rates, the top 1% of taxpayers in the 1950s only paid about a 42% rate. oldsoftie Nov 2019 #11
180,000.00 in 1955 $1,693,705.62 in todays $$$s adjusted for inflation BadGimp Nov 2019 #14
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