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ajc · 3838 days ago · link · · parent · post: Why the recovery isn't helping Democrats in the midterm polls
Do you really believe that tax policy is the main driver of inequality in this country? It is the culture of learned powerlessness. You want people to give a shit about tax policy when they can't ask for a raise for fear of being fired. The reality is that work, jobs, employment is highly contingent for most people because they have no protections in an at-will world. The same world where the petty tyranny of the employer is legally and illegally sacrosanct. The people don't care about tax policy because they may not be paying taxes tomorrow, because they're going to be out on their ass. The ones who gobble up the trite talking points, are the Baby Boomers, you know, the generation that actually has some wealth lying around.