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In reply to the discussion: I've been working in Asia these past 2 weeks [View all]LiberalLovinLug
(14,216 posts)If there hadn't been allowed such a take-over by the top .1% over the last 40 years or so. Where most all new money was redistributed upwards. Some of the blame going to the Clinton led "third way" and "triangulation" that was set on out-Republicaning the Republicans, that pushed it was better to join 'em than fight 'em. Add to that an out-of-control MIC spending train, even before Trump came in.
The richest country in the world should by now have a high-speed rail system from coast to coast. They should have some form of medicare for all (to afford the initial startup period), maternity leave, a livable minimum wage, much more spent on public education including healthy meal programs and classroom computers, and new buildings. As well, instead of killing the electric car back in the seventies, America could have been so far ahead of the game in that industry. Same thing as what is happening with the alternative energy industry, with outright denial of any need or future market for that and minimal investment, and instead doubling down on coal and oil, other countries will leap frog ahead, if they haven't already.