ttystikk
Well-Known Member
And further out of reach than ever. The only people I know who are improving their own economic status are breaking the law- laws designed, not coincidentally, to reduce competition for those already rich, powerful and in control.the american dream is still alive and well.
The Republican 'death tax' plank in their platform leads directly to patrimonial capitalism, a la Thomas Piketty.
The Republican assault on taxes (at least for the rich) guarantees that wealth continues to accumulate to the already wealthy, even if THEY stop contributing. From what I saw during my time in South Florida, they stop contributing early and often.
Income inequality has turned this nation into a carbon copy of the Great Britain our ancestors risked their lives to leave- and fought against for their freedom.
Now we just hand over our rights to govern to the likes of Halliburton and Monsanto?
Even the Supreme Court has decided that 'money is free speech'... so only rich people get to be free, apparently.