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Stare Decisis

(229 posts)
Wed Apr 3, 2019, 10:09 PM Apr 2019

One Stat Tells You About Income Inequality

If Medicare were a mortgage Jeff Bezos could make a twenty-five percent down payment on the entire nation's yearly expenditure and still be left with about $20 billion.

[link:https://wealthygorilla.com/jeff-bezos-net-worth/|As of 2019, Jeff Bezos’ net worth is roughly $170 billion.
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In FY 2018, the Medicare program cost $583 billion, about 14 percent of total federal government spending. After Social Security, Medicare was the second largest program in the federal budget last year.


Jeff Bezos has a net worth equal to FIVE percent of TOTAL Federal Government spending.

How long does democracy last under this paradigm?
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One Stat Tells You About Income Inequality (Original Post) Stare Decisis Apr 2019 OP
During the turn of the century/Gilded Era BigmanPigman Apr 2019 #1
One Stat Tells You About Income Inequality babeblake1 Mar 2020 #2

BigmanPigman

(51,590 posts)
1. During the turn of the century/Gilded Era
Wed Apr 3, 2019, 10:34 PM
Apr 2019

the super rich monopolies/trusts loaned the Fed Govt money when they needed it. Then along came Teddy the trust buster.

babeblake1

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2. One Stat Tells You About Income Inequality
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 08:55 AM
Mar 2020

If someone can reply .. i also want to know about the details about your questions "How long does democracy last under this paradigm?".. although your point seems to be really informative for me.

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