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True Dough

(24,664 posts) Sat Jun 18, 2022, 11:11 AM Jun 2022

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One of America's greatest problems summarized in a chart [View all]

I'm sure this has been posted before in various ways, but this illustrates what has gone so drastically wrong, and politicians (mostly on the right, IMO) have facilitated it:

Something MUST be done to reverse that. Taxing billionaires more sounds enticing to me, and Joe Biden has been touting exactly that. Go Joe!!

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One of America's greatest problems summarized in a chart [View all] True Dough Jun 2022 OP

Kick dalton99a Jun 2022 #1

Thanks enough Jun 2022 #2

What happened in 1980? wryter2000 Jun 2022 #3

bingo nt intrepidity Jun 2022 #4

The beginning of the end for this country. wryter2000 Jun 2022 #6

all these shits owe it to limbaugh and sons - 1500 radio staiotns that echoed limbaugh/rove/heritage certainot Jun 2022 #41

It was more the shift in corporate philosophy Amishman Jun 2022 #7

Make stock buybacks illegal again. Lonestarblue Jun 2022 #18

Agreed. End stock buy back. BettyonRed Jun 2022 #20

Henry Ford tried this...the Dodge brothers took it to court and won OnlinePoker Jun 2022 #23

Costco manages wryter2000 Jun 2022 #24

Thank Milton Friedman TexasBushwhacker Jun 2022 #30

He also said that lawsuits would be used to keep the excesses under control. plimsoll Jun 2022 #31

Reaganomics is the big lie that kicked off the modern era of repub malfeasance...nt Wounded Bear Jun 2022 #8

Reagan proudly promoted greed. Trust_Reality Jun 2022 #32

THIS! THIS! THIS! OMGWTF Jun 2022 #22

Trickle-Down czarjak Jun 2022 #25

"What happened in 1980?" pazzyanne Jun 2022 #33

And "trickle down" economics, which wnylib Jun 2022 #39

I'm sure if we looked at 2014-2022, it would be even worse Poiuyt Jun 2022 #5

Especially the 2017 trump tax breaks...nt Wounded Bear Jun 2022 #10

Reagan Ruined Everything Novara Jun 2022 #9

He sure did! 😬😔😟😠 ShazzieB Jun 2022 #12

Yep. But we've kept his policies for almost 50 years. jimfields33 Jun 2022 #14

'Cause Big Business and the Donor Class likes'em peppertree Jun 2022 #26

Refer to the chart. I agree with you 100%. mjvpi Jun 2022 #38

I've always wondered why Bill Clinton didn't change the tax structure FakeNoose Jun 2022 #28

Post removed Post removed Jun 2022 #36

"We can have democracy in this country, or... FailureToCommunicate Jun 2022 #11

That's a meaningful quote True Dough Jun 2022 #13

Supply-side economic policies--dubbed "Reaganomics" KS Toronado Jun 2022 #15

This subject matter SHOULD be irrefutable True Dough Jun 2022 #17

It's obscene. Tax these greedy b*stards. Joinfortmill Jun 2022 #16

bookmarking--thanks panader0 Jun 2022 #19

I guarantee that half the Republicans looking at that chart would misinterpret it. Lonestarblue Jun 2022 #21

would like to this include post pandemic G_j Jun 2022 #27

Good chart. Martin68 Jun 2022 #29

All of the above ymetca Jun 2022 #34

You are right about Social Security and Medicare True Dough Jun 2022 #35

k & r LAS14 Jun 2022 #37

tinkle down since 1980. pansypoo53219 Jun 2022 #40

Kick and kick! burrowowl Jun 2022 #42

History tells us societies fail when all the wealth is at the top! The Jungle 1 Jun 2022 #43

Fuckin WOW !!! uponit7771 Jun 2022 #44

Almost as if trickle-down is a Big Fat Lie! rizlaplus Jun 2022 #45