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3. And so do you give the base another reason for inequality like low taxes on the rich? Or do

Reply to GeorgeGist (Reply #2)

Fri May 2, 2014, 06:44 PM

May 2014

you leave out a specific reason so they will default to work ethic/government assistance. What do you do if you want to talk to people about inequality and perhaps change a few hearts. You have to swat at the flies. Flies buzzing around the increasingly dead carcass of the American middle class is how the GOP got us here to begin with. It happened in tiny little increments over 30 years.

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This totally explains why when you say something general, like inequality, the base applegrove May 2014 #1

91% of Republicans don't think work ethic of poor/government assistance ... GeorgeGist May 2014 #2

And so do you give the base another reason for inequality like low taxes on the rich? Or do applegrove May 2014 #3