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5. Reaganomics was a dike to hold back history--and it needs to be broken
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 12:28 PM
Aug 2017

Our work produces far more wealth than work a hundred years ago, but we don't reap the rewards.

If we did we would have far more leisure time, more civic engagement, and for those worried about depleting our resources, those with a higher standard of living have fewer kids, so it would even slow population growth.

Instead, we have been funneling more money upward to the already wealthy than they could spend in a dozen generations, and screwing everyone else.

It can't hold for much longer.

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