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Re:SF’s Housing Crisis Explained by normloman on Tuesday April 15, 2014 @10:39AM (#7592045)
Because when money can buy influence (in forms of lobbying and propoganda), economic inequality turns into political inequality.
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Re:SF’s Housing Crisis Explained by nailer on Tuesday April 15, 2014 @10:56AM (#7592130)
Interesting.

- What other solutions to the problem of wealth being used for political influence have been proposed?

- Would lobbying/fundraising reform be a better focus, rather than attempting to make everyone, regardless of their contribution to the economy, have equal amounts of wealth?

- When was the last time nationwide wealth equality was proposed? What were the results? What about previously? What about before that?

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