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Those relatively few at the top acquiring much of the wealth are not the same relatively few people over time. People move up and down the income ladder.
"The composition of the very top income groups changes dramatically over time. Less than half (40-43%) of those in the top 1 percent were still in the top 1 percent ten years later. Only about 25 percent of the individuals in the top 1/100th percent remained there ten years later."
About 58% of those in the bottom quintile had moved to a higher quintile ten years later.
[Department of the Treasury Income Mobility Study]
Truth Detector (01-13-2020)
French revolution ring a bell? After the wealthy screwed up the economy in 1929 resulting in a depression we had Americans wanting Communism, Socialism and anarchy. So they did it again in 2008.
The concept of a sharing economy and the ability to move up is a mantra of the people. The wealthy do not want that and are stopping it.
The ability of Americans to move up is poor. https://www.forbes.com/sites/aparnam.../#53bb30ae6a7b America does poorly in the world for upwards mobility. That is another thing the wealthy fixed.
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Truth Detector (01-13-2020)
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Personal Ignore Policy PIP: I like civil discourse. I will give you all the respect in the world if you respect me. Mouth off to me, or express overt racism, you will be PERMANENTLY Ignore Listed. Zero tolerance. No exceptions. I'll never read a word you write, even if quoted by another, nor respond to you, nor participate in your threads. ... Ignore the shallow. Cherish the thoughtful. Long Live Civil Discourse, Mutual Respect, and Good Debate! ps: Feel free to adopt my PIP. It works well.
Honestly, your first response is fvcking lazy. Almost to the point of ignorant. Since education is basically funded at the state and local level pick any two states but let's go with California and Texas. Both are big and basically dominated by one party on the state level. Show us how California supposedly invests a large sum of money into Civics classes that Texas doesn't. Back up you words with some evidence.
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hello cawacko,
Pardon me I am having a lazy day.
I am not going to argue state by state.
Generally, Republicans don't want government spending that Democrats do. Democrats support teacher unions. Teacher unions support more education spending, more classes better classes smaller class sizes. It all takes more funding. Republicans want to kill the DOE. Republicans don't care about good education for the masses, only for the rich kids. If you are an outlier good on you.
Personal Ignore Policy PIP: I like civil discourse. I will give you all the respect in the world if you respect me. Mouth off to me, or express overt racism, you will be PERMANENTLY Ignore Listed. Zero tolerance. No exceptions. I'll never read a word you write, even if quoted by another, nor respond to you, nor participate in your threads. ... Ignore the shallow. Cherish the thoughtful. Long Live Civil Discourse, Mutual Respect, and Good Debate! ps: Feel free to adopt my PIP. It works well.
I have more lazy days than I care to admit. They're not always a bad thing though.
You're just giving me partisan political rhetoric with nothing back it up. You have to look beyond the rhetoric of politicians and at the actions.
I grew up in Oakland, CA and have lived in San Francisco for 20 years. Those are both big, diverse and liberal cities. I know all about the educational issues these two cities face. Which is why I know the actions don't match the rhetoric.
So you feel better about yourself making these claims that liberals care about education but you can't actually back it up.
Personal Ignore Policy PIP: I like civil discourse. I will give you all the respect in the world if you respect me. Mouth off to me, or express overt racism, you will be PERMANENTLY Ignore Listed. Zero tolerance. No exceptions. I'll never read a word you write, even if quoted by another, nor respond to you, nor participate in your threads. ... Ignore the shallow. Cherish the thoughtful. Long Live Civil Discourse, Mutual Respect, and Good Debate! ps: Feel free to adopt my PIP. It works well.
The problems in education do not impact the wealthy. Their schools are well funded and have all the equipment you can imagine. The wealthy know nothing of the schools problems that impact the people, but they want the school money to also go to their schools. Property taxes pay for most school systems. Guess who has the biggest pool of money?
In Michigan, they talk about how the lottery went to schools. It did, so the politicians just took the equal money and slipped it to the general fuund. Schools stayed in the same spot. https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/con...ucation-in-us/
"Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." Joseph Stalin
The USA has lost WWIV to China with no other weapons but China Virus and some cash to buy democrats.
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Do you really believe that? https://www.usnews.com/news/best-sta...t-less-funding It is not true. If money did not matter, rich neighborhoods would not spend so much more.
"Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." Joseph Stalin
The USA has lost WWIV to China with no other weapons but China Virus and some cash to buy democrats.
Truth Detector (01-13-2020)
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