turquoiseb: > 13 pithy comments from an author on the ramifications > of the OWS protestors storming the ramparts. > 5 reasons why income inequality is a myth:
"If inequality had really exploded during the past 30 to 40 years, why did American politics simultaneously move rightward toward a greater embrace of free-market capitalism? Shouldn't just the opposite have happened as beleaguered workers united and demanded a vastly expanded social safety net and sharply higher taxes on the rich? What happened to presidents Mondale, Dukakis, Gore and Kerry? Even Barack Obama ran for president as a market friendly, third-way technocrat. Nope, the story doesn't hold together because the financial facts don't support it..." '5 reasons why income inequality is a myth and Occupy Wall Street is wrong' http://tinyurl.com/63f6ukv
