Rage of the Privileged ~ Paul Krugman

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52. except the message is wrong

Krugman wants to attack the "superrich" as if they are the problem.

Who is that - the 0.1% or the 0.01%?

Well, who takes most of the pie in this country?

Is it the superduper-rich?

The top 0.1% get about 10% of the nation's income.

Is it the super-rich?

The top 0.9% (meaning the top 1% sans the top 0.1%) get another 10 or 11%.

Or is it the rich?

The top 24% get 46.1%.

Krugman wants to point at the superduper rich and say THEY should pay for food stamps.

Uh-huh, what about the $700 billion in tax cuts to your OWN group? That's only 17 times as large as the food stamp cuts. But Krugman seems to want to say NIMBY.

Perhaps our wide streak of national selfishness is more of the problem than just some evil despicable superduper rich people.