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The pope, Obama and a former banker walk into a slum: does the 1% still win? | Chris Arnade | Comment is free | theguardian.com:
"The sharing-the-winnings part never happens. It certainly didn't happen prior to the crisis, and it didn't happen even as the American economy collapsed. The winners kept using their new wealth to further empower themselves. They did this by flooding the political system with money to stack the deck. Rather than invest in job-friendly projects, they moved production to places with the cheapest labor and the fewest regulations.
When you bend the rules to favor the wealthy, they never give back."
"You hear that language of personal choice, not only on the left with
regard to abortion, but for conservatives in opposition to things like SNAP
benefits for unmarried women..."
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"Well, you chose to have this baby while you were poor, and everyone knows
you could have chosen differently — when that could entail not having sex
or kil...
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