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Which Millionaire Are You Voting For?

by A Guy Called LULU 10/14/2012 - 4:34 pm

If millionaires were a political party, that party would make up roughly 3 percent of American families, but it would have a super-majority in the Senate, a majority in the House, a majority on the Supreme Court and a man in the White House. If working-class Americans were a political party, that party would have made up more than half the country since the start of the 20th century. But legislators from that party (those who last worked in blue-collar jobs before entering politics) would never have held more than 2 percent of the seats in Congress.

Read the full article at http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/14/opinion/sunday/which-millionaire-are-you-voting-for.html?_r=0

Economic inequality matters far more than most Americans are willing to admit.  Our representatives in government are a prime example of why it matters, as well as why no one wants to talk about it.

by DF 10/15/2012 - 12:19 pm

I'm not even sure how, exactly, a non-millionaire can even consider running for office.  Even if you don't have to pay for your own campaign, it's become a full time job just to run.  Who can afford to take that much time off?

by Michael Maiello 10/15/2012 - 1:12 pm (re: DF)

You just gave one of the best reasons why the current system needs to be shit canned.

by cmaukonen 10/15/2012 - 1:47 pm (re: Michael Maiello)

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