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2016 Postmortem

Hippo_Tron

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4. Our GDP per capita is over $50,000

Reply to Hoyt (Reply #3)

Mon Jun 1, 2015, 12:22 AM

Jun 2015

That means that we produce $50,000 worth of goods and services for every person (that includes children, retired, unemployed) people in the United States. $50,000 a year is enough for someone to live comfortably. When we have a GDP per capita that high and we still have poverty, it's a distribution problem.

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Bernie Sanders is right: Markets are dumb [View all] Jefferson23 May 2015 OP

Markets are dumb AND rigged, not free. merrily May 2015 #1

So rigged, it is criminal. n/t Jefferson23 May 2015 #2

Agree with concern for poor, but Sanders really is going to cost American jobs if he thinks Hoyt May 2015 #3

Our GDP per capita is over $50,000 Hippo_Tron Jun 2015 #4

Whatever, you'll be hoping to redistribute a lot less if there are only a few styles of sneakers, Hoyt Jun 2015 #5

He is saying the country doesn't need flooded with cheap Chinese crap AgingAmerican Jun 2015 #6

The problem I have with this line of reasoning is: WHO is going to make the decision jonno99 Jun 2015 #7