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Re:Study Suggests Inequality Can Be Fixed with Wealth Redist... by unit91 on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @05:24PM (#15503276)
> Not being in poverty doesn't mean much if you still don't hold any social or political power.

Really? So if you can't have power, why bother not being poor? Having been below the poverty line and risen above it, this seems very bizarre to me, to say the least.

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Re:Study Suggests Inequality Can Be Fixed with Wealth Redist... by hexane360 on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @08:12PM (#15504425)
Maybe my wording was imprecise. Not being in poverty is better than being in poverty. Still, that's not the entire story.
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