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Democratic Primaries

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)

7. If the rich keep insisting on holding on to every penny they can grab.

Reply to hedda_foil (Reply #2)

Tue Jun 18, 2019, 10:09 PM

Jun 2019

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.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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VP Biden Talks Income Inequality at Fundraiser [View all] tishaLA Jun 2019 OP

I think income inequality is different from wealth inequality. The first generally refers to.... George II Jun 2019 #1

I can completely accept that tishaLA Jun 2019 #3

We can solve income inequality on a case by case basis or, in a perfect world... George II Jun 2019 #6

Warren proposes to impose an ultra-wealth tax on people worth 50,000,000+ marylandblue Jun 2019 #10

I don't know why they're referred to as "high dollar fundraisers", they're fundraisers where.... George II Jun 2019 #11

Probably called that because $5600 is more than most people can afford to donate, marylandblue Jun 2019 #14

Income inequality is when janitors getting $7.50 an hour and Jeff Bezos gets $1,000,000 an hour marylandblue Jun 2019 #9

No, income inequality is when male janitors get $10.00 an hour and female janitors get $7.50. George II Jun 2019 #16

No, that's a form of gender inequality. Income inequality is what I said it is. marylandblue Jun 2019 #18

Huh? I think that's called giving a nod to income inequality ... at best. hedda_foil Jun 2019 #2

That's how I read it, too tishaLA Jun 2019 #5

If the rich keep insisting on holding on to every penny they can grab. Blue_true Jun 2019 #7

Ouch! Wellstone ruled Jun 2019 #4

No one's standard of living will change? How comforting. At least for the wealthy. Autumn Jun 2019 #8

Oof melman Jun 2019 #12

Here some words from Biden at this Fundraiser.. Cha Jun 2019 #13

"rich people are just as patriotic as poor people" mtnsnake Jun 2019 #15

It gets worse melman Jun 2019 #17