The questions that must be asked
Sep. 28th, 2011 11:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elfsFiredog Lake joins me in asking the questions that the press ought to be asking:
1. We had steeply progressive taxation in this country from World War I until the late '80s. In that period, the US economy became the most powerful in the world and the American middle class grew like none other in history. Was that "class warfare"?
2. Taxes are at historic lows for the top 1% and total tax levels are also at historic lows at a time when the country is facing a decaying infrastructure, closing schools and record numbers of American children are surviving on food stamps. Is that a problem?
3. The concentration of wealth at the top in this country hasn't been this pronounced since the 1920s. Is that a problem?
4. Studies show that Americans favor a much more equitable a distribution of wealth — akin to a country like Sweden. Is this belief rooted in resentment or "class warfare"?
1. We had steeply progressive taxation in this country from World War I until the late '80s. In that period, the US economy became the most powerful in the world and the American middle class grew like none other in history. Was that "class warfare"?
2. Taxes are at historic lows for the top 1% and total tax levels are also at historic lows at a time when the country is facing a decaying infrastructure, closing schools and record numbers of American children are surviving on food stamps. Is that a problem?
3. The concentration of wealth at the top in this country hasn't been this pronounced since the 1920s. Is that a problem?
4. Studies show that Americans favor a much more equitable a distribution of wealth — akin to a country like Sweden. Is this belief rooted in resentment or "class warfare"?
