VIDEO-MUST SEE: L-Curve: The Movie (U.S. Income Distribution)

[redacted]

L-Curve: The Movie

http://lcurve.org/LCurveVideo.htm

As mentioned by Mike Malloy & Thom Hartmann

[Selatius]

1. This should be shown everywhere. n/t

[lvx35]

2. Wow, outrageous.

So all this money is made off the stock market? Question: Does the government invest in stocks?

[redacted]

3. Right. "It's more efficient to make money off of money than off of labor."

To those of us who work 12 hours a day, that statement is like a kick in the gut.

[lvx35]

4. hey, do you work 12 hours a day?

I do too. :)

Anyway, if they can make money off money rather than labor, it makes more sense for the government not to tax laborers then, and only tax the extremely rich, so to use their money to make more money than the government through investing...

[redacted]

9. Thanks lvx35. It helps to hear I'm not alone tonight.

I'm goofing off from looking for a legal form on Lexis. Too tired to do anything else; got started about 11 PT this morning.

[lvx35]

11. Ah, you are working THAT kind of 12 hour day...

my work is much less glamorous than anything that uses Lexis...But I guess compared to the top 1%, pretty much EVERYBODY else is in the same class. :)

[redacted]

14. Yeah, we're all in this together against them.

Those assholes have been waging all-out class warfare against us for 5+ years and I'm goddamm sick of it.

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. Usimg strict marxit theory this has a name

class exploitation by the burgoise.

Marx got some things right, as in very right, and the conditions are slowly reverting to the ones he saw in the 19th century

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. Yes

[lvx35]

7. Do you know where I can find more about that? nt

[redacted]

10. Yeah. For a good start, look at

the website containing the clip at

http://lcurve.org/

Consider also checking Thom Hartmann's discussion board; I understand he spent a lot of time talking about this on this morning's show. Malloy referenced the website on his show tonight from Hartmann's discussion.

[lvx35]

13. thanks. nt

[TexasLawyer]

8. really effective

thanks for posting

[redacted]

12. Thanks TL

[redacted]

15. ..

[many a good man]

16. Aren't they conflating income and wealth?

Not that it makes much difference, but it would ring truer.

[Fovea]

17. Even a republican

like Kevin Phillips is freaked about this.

Class war is going hot in the future.

[originalpckelly]

18. This isn't even the start...

I have been working on this lately, and it is outrageous what has gone on in America the last few years.

[annabanana]

19. clear. . . concise

"Ms. Pelosi!, Ms. Pelosi!

Can the class watch the movie after listening to Rubin talk?

Ms. Pelosi!"

[progressoid]

20. disparities like this have caused revolutions in the past.