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obstacles which will be raised by
moneyed interests in both parties
are daunting. Nonetheless, the
political failure of the Democratic
Party on this issue is disturbing.
Historically, the U.S. has done
much less to create equality of
either opportunity or income
than almost every other advanced
economy, so the default setting in
the U.S. with regards to income
inequality is to do nothing, or to
LINCOLN
MITCHELL
HUFFINGTON
03.09.14
While the minimum
wage should be raised, that
is not the ideal terms for
progressives to be fighting
the income inequality fight.”
make it worse. At the moment,
protestations by the president
and others notwithstanding, the
default setting still is in place.
Accordingly, legislation addressing income inequality can only
be successful if political su ܝ