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In reply to the discussion: Let's Not Forget OWS... [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)the only here making that claim. What did not happen obviously was that anything got done about it, or that it became a mainstream issue. Considering how that gap just kept growing obviously just talking about it in private or on an occasional talk show, did nothing to bring it into the Mainstream consciousness which is what is needed to get an effective action taken. Politicians were still talking about American Workers 'sharing the sacrifice' 'eating their peas' etc and warning about cuts to Social Programs, UNTIL OWS dragged it all into the National Spotlight and forced Politicians to refrain from their Austerity language which had now been publicly called out.
So I asked you to provide something to show that Income Disparity, Money in Politics and its poisonous effects on the system, was a mainstream topic of conversation before OWS so much so that something was done about it. And your response tells me what I know already, there are no such links. The gap was widening with little action or even talk to try to stop it.