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   bs2 (bsmall2@mstdn.jp)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 14:16:28 JST bs2

   2015
   > ... when I teach #IntroductoryP olitics..I must explain.. how a bill does not become a law...
   > ... the lovely conviction that #EconomicGrowth in itself will boost the fortunes[of all].. But since the middle 1970s real wages have flattened or even declined for roughly 60%.. Trends of this kind are intensifying. Since the economic crash of 2008, 95% of the #IncomeGains in the #USA during the so-called “recovery” have gone to the top 1%.
   https://www.langdonwinner.com/other-writings/2015/02/facing-plague-economic-and-political.html
   #LangdonWinner #Wealth

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     bs2 (bsmall2@mstdn.jp)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2023 14:16:33 JST bs2

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     > Deeply entrenched inherited wealth has become a dominant, enduring feature..
     > #GeorgeCarlin.. observed: “"The owners of this country know the truth: It's called the #AmericanDream because you have to be asleep to believe it."
     > .. neoliberalism with its faith in.. the market transfixed leaders in the corporations and political parties. Within this magical mindset no American “#IndustrialPolicy” was. devised, no democratically formulated plan for.. factory work..technological change..

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