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guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
Mon Jan 13, 2020, 06:42 PM Jan 2020

JP Morgan Client Report Reveals Trump's Wealth Agenda Harms Average Americans' Economic Well-Being

From the article:

The wealthy often complain when sane and reasonable minds point out the dangers and reality of the obscenely class-stratified nature of U.S. society.
These complaints often find expression in such phrases as the following:
“There go those radical leftists playing the class struggle card again.”
“These radical leftists just want to punish success in America.”

“Why do these radical leftists want to foster divisions among us by talking about class struggle? The wealthy are great examples of what can happen for people in America if they work hard.”

And, of course, as I suggest through my examples, anyone who wants to even broach issues of the gross income inequality and class stratification characterizing U.S. society is, of course, automatically branded a “radical leftist,” as though such a label is sufficient to disarm serious intellectual engagement with our class realities.


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https://www.politicususa.com/2020/01/11/opinion-jp-morgan-client-report-reveals-trumps-wealth-agenda-harms-average-americans-economic-well-being.html
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JP Morgan Client Report Reveals Trump's Wealth Agenda Harms Average Americans' Economic Well-Being (Original Post) guillaumeb Jan 2020 OP
This is why blm Jan 2020 #1
And that is a strong argument. guillaumeb Jan 2020 #2
Every issue we face in US is held hostage by the corruption of our economic system. blm Jan 2020 #3
And a 1% of the top 1% that is willing to kill the planet in pursuit of profits. eom guillaumeb Jan 2020 #4
Kill the planet, block healthcare, exploit workers, control women's bodies. blm Jan 2020 #6
True. guillaumeb Jan 2020 #7
K&R BeckyDem Jan 2020 #5

blm

(113,065 posts)
1. This is why
Mon Jan 13, 2020, 06:50 PM
Jan 2020

my primary vote

is going to

Elizabeth Warren.

I don’t believe that anyone else has the background, the focus, and the persistence to reform this nation’s corrupt economic system.

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
2. And that is a strong argument.
Mon Jan 13, 2020, 09:18 PM
Jan 2020

We need systemic change, and just as importantly, we need change in every aspect of this system.

blm

(113,065 posts)
3. Every issue we face in US is held hostage by the corruption of our economic system.
Mon Jan 13, 2020, 09:24 PM
Jan 2020

GOP moneymen don’t give a rat’s ass for the anti-choice crowd, they just like fanning the controversy to keep them voting for their Republican watercarriers.

Ditto with guns.

blm

(113,065 posts)
6. Kill the planet, block healthcare, exploit workers, control women's bodies.
Tue Jan 14, 2020, 06:55 PM
Jan 2020

EVERY issue is essentially affected by economic corruption.

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