Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumprimary today, I would vote for: Undecided
George II
(67,782 posts)....women not getting paid the same as men for the same job. Wealth inequality is the concentration of wealth among very few people.
(correct me if I'm wrong )
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
tishaLA
(14,176 posts)I'm not sure why that's important, though, because those who've been historically, structurally denied access to wealth (African Americans, women, etc) are also most effected by income inequality.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
George II
(67,782 posts)...(President, House, Senate all Democratic) through legislation in a very short time.
We can't solve wealth inequality without drastic changes in laws or the tax code.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)That's pretty drastic and not popular with some attendees at high dollar fundraisers.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
George II
(67,782 posts)....attendees make contributions within the limits of FEC laws/regulations, and no one can contribute more than $2800 ($5600 for a married couple), and those are ANNUAL contributions, not each for each event.
People are acting like there are secretive contributions at these events of tens of thousands of dollars - there aren't. As much as some candidates look down on others who have such events, most have them, and those who don't freely accept multiple contributions (in the past as many as 900 or more) that ultimately aggregate to the FEC maximums.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)they can raise hundreds of thousands of dollars at a time, and the hosts sometimes get plum jobs in the winner's administration.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)Nothing to do with gender. By the way, most of Bezos' income is tax deferred because it's mostly in Amazon stock where he doesn't pay taxes until he sells it. When he does sell it, it's taxed at a favorable capital gains rate and no social security tax.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
George II
(67,782 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)https://inequality.org/facts/income-inequality/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_inequality_in_the_United_States
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
hedda_foil
(16,368 posts)More like reassuring the rich and powerful that he won't afflict their comfort with the plight of those beneath them.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
tishaLA
(14,176 posts)Reassuring them that, whatever the rhetoric of the campaign might be, they'd only have minimal differences in taxation than they do now, and certainly no structural changes
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)They are going to be fat, soft and tender when the rampaging hordes come after them during Chaos.
Social and wealth inequities that are very large have been corrected brutally and bloodily throughout history.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Man you did not help yourself once again. Big Insurance and Wall Street is not the answer.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Autumn
(44,743 posts)I think the big problem we have is that the standard of living for the poor and the working class is changing. For the worse.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Cha
(295,899 posts)https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1287&pid=154326
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
mtnsnake
(22,236 posts)Wow, that is really deep, Joe. What's next? The sky is high so birds can fly?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
melman
(7,681 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided