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In reply to the discussion: What It's Going to Take to Claw Back Middle Class Wealth from the 1% [View all]Blanks
(4,835 posts)15. That's right.
Thank you for making that point.
Also notice when you overlay the union graph with the top marginal tax rate; the tax rate peaked at the same time as union membership.
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True, but then again neither party really advocates for the middle class.
NorthCarolina
Feb 2013
#17
You can't squeeze blood out of turnips and the 1% has the means to protect their wealth.
bubbayugga
Feb 2013
#78
I agree with that. My point is they cannot be revived through immigration n/t
Demo_Chris
Feb 2013
#62
That's pretty much been the plan for years. The GOP wants an illegal labor force to depress wages.
freshwest
Feb 2013
#65
The real paradigm shift is accepting that we might be trying to re-fight the last war rather than
TheKentuckian
Feb 2013
#56
Agreed. Unfortunately there is widespread perception that unions protect their members
geckosfeet
Feb 2013
#7
And what is it going to take to claw back wealth the middle/upper took from the lower class?
Spryguy
Feb 2013
#8
There was a recent poll here, and 20% of DU members did NOT support unions (that replied)
Drahthaardogs
Feb 2013
#16
While that is romantic, revolutions rarely if ever turn power over to the masses.
rhett o rick
Feb 2013
#59
Inheritance taxes reclaim wealth, income taxes pull back a small portion of annual earnings
1-Old-Man
Feb 2013
#22
The problem is more people care about Wall St returns than Main St's return.
raouldukelives
Feb 2013
#25
All I have seen from Wall St in my neck of the woods is the reduction of labor.
raouldukelives
Feb 2013
#34
Oh practically any union member is better off than a non union member in that field.
dkf
Feb 2013
#46
Investing is the only path to retirement. Otherwise it's whatever your SS provides for you
dkf
Feb 2013
#72
The wealth lost was the housing market. The stock market is back up to pre crash levels.
dkf
Feb 2013
#28
It is always pleasing to see a person with a low post count hit the nail right on the head.
1-Old-Man
Feb 2013
#31