Tag Archives: Income Gap

PBS NewsHour: Shields & Brooks Discuss Addressing Economic Inequality

. Source:The New Democrat  David Brooks even though he’s a Conservative, ha, ha is dead right. When he says that it is not capitalism or economic freedom that is the problem in America or that is unpopular, but the fact … Continue reading

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TruthDig: Sonali Kolhatkar: The Year of The Low-Wage Worker

TruthDig: Opinion: Sonali Kolhatkar: The Year of the Low-Wage Worker The New Democrat Before you go about addressing the income gap in America or what others call income inequality, you have to first know why we have it. And no … Continue reading

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The Washington Post: E.J. Dionne: The Resurgent Progressives

Source:The New Democrat  I agree with most of what EJ Dionne said in his column today. I thought his best line was “that to have a vibrant middle you need a vibrant Left and Right countering each other. To give … Continue reading

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Chicago Tribune: ‘How to Combat Inequality’

Source:Chicago Tribune– money, money, money. Source:The New Democrat   “If you’re a low-income African-American with a talent for braiding hair, you might have the idea of making money that way. You could start out doing it for relatives and friends and … Continue reading

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The Democratic Strategist: Robert Creamer: How to Fight Economic Inequality

Source:The New Democrat  Perhaps someone should explain to me how someone with a good education, who works hard and is very productive and makes a lot of money for the work they do and what they produce, how that is … Continue reading

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Liberty Pen: Video: Milton Friedman: Redistribution of Wealth

Source:The FreeState The income gap in American society, or wealth disparity, is  a problem that slows the growth of GDP.  Consumers at the lower end of the economic scale are the principal drivers of the retail economy because they spend almost all … Continue reading

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