America has tolerated inequality because people think they can get ahead. If you have immobility on top of inequality, then people are not going to be happy campers. If you're stuck on the bottom and there just isn't much churning in society and you're stuck there through your adulthood, that's not a nice life to look forward to.
The liberal posture really requires a willingness to give to others, and that works, as I say, when you have an expanding pie. But if you don't have … - Thomas B. Edsall
The liberal posture really requires a willingness to give to others, and that works, as I say, when you have an expanding pie. But if you don't have …
- Thomas B. Edsall
Conservatives are tougher. They fight harder, they fight for their own, and they're willing to win for themselves and they're willing to impose pain … - Thomas B. Edsall
Conservatives are tougher. They fight harder, they fight for their own, and they're willing to win for themselves and they're willing to impose pain …
I think, and there's a pretty strong economic consensus on this, that at that juncture you should spend more, even though it may sound illogical to s… - Thomas B. Edsall
I think, and there's a pretty strong economic consensus on this, that at that juncture you should spend more, even though it may sound illogical to s…
America has tolerated inequality because people think they can get ahead. If you have immobility on top of inequality, then people are not going to b… - Thomas B. Edsall
America has tolerated inequality because people think they can get ahead. If you have immobility on top of inequality, then people are not going to b…
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