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Re:Wealth inequality in America [video] by mcv on Saturday November 30, 2013 @03:54PM (#6824577)
What wasn't mentioned explicitly in the video, but was clear from the graphics, is that the top 1% owns more total money than the bottom 80% put together.

Not the top 1% versus the bottom 20 or 40%, not the top 20% versus the bottom 80%; no, the top 1% versus the bottom 80%, almost the entire population.

The US is clearly not owned by the American people anymore. It's owned by a tiny elite that's completely separate from normal society.

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Re:Wealth inequality in America [video] by rschmitty on Saturday November 30, 2013 @04:23PM (#6824678)
The big problem is the 1%'s lobbying power, and lobbying to increase/lift political spending, or these super pacs

Money is just playing way too large of role in the politics of the people

I think if we could fix democracy to be more fair the inequalities of wealth would reduce, but that is a steep up hill battle given the power they have :)

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Re:Wealth inequality in America [video] by tzs on Saturday November 30, 2013 @04:37PM (#6824726)
What percent of the total money do you think the top 1% should own?
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