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EPIC1934
10-20-2008, 05:10 PM
Hasn't the US policy of the last forty years been really spreading the wealth upward?

We are told that when the rich get richer its because of laissez faire. Wrong. Often its because of tax policies and government policies-- like spending 50% of total global military spending-- that has nothing to do with laissez faire and much more to do with government policies that benefit the rich.

Yet the media has shaped our perception of "wealth distirbution" as somehow necessarily benefiting the working class and middle class at the expense of the rich.

Just that opposite has characterized the last thirty years of US history.

nate895
10-20-2008, 06:41 PM
Not to mention the inflation tax, which the wealthy bankers benefit from while most everyone else gets left to deal with the higher cost of living before a rise in wage.

angelatc
10-20-2008, 06:45 PM
Yes, Reagan's trickle down would work if we were on a gold standard.