Mitch Daniels is the very popular Governor of Indiana. He had been touted as a candidate for President but chose not to run. Much of the reason for this is his marriage has had some rough spots, namely he and his wife split, she remarried and then after divorcing she and Daniels reconciled. While we might admire their reworking their marriage many would find things to criticize in this for a candidate for President.
Daniels is however touting a new book so appeared on Stewart's show mid week. As he proclaims himself as a different kind of Republican Stewart called him out on his tone and word usage about Obama such as fanatically obsessed with redistribution of wealth. Daniels seemed a little taken aback.
Stewart then went through the familiar numbers about the percentage of income for the top 1 percent compared to the years past. These numbers and their changes are dizzying but our Republican friends sleep well at night, do not ask me how.
We were then told by Stewart that an additional way to look at this is that the middle fifty percent of the population control and own 2 percent of the economy. If this is true or close to true this is a repulsive number.
Income equality and its ever increasing disparity can lead to problems in a society that might not be envisioned. At some point those in the tea party and others that are being duped by the Republican rich into voting against there own economic interests might realize what has been done. If those people join with those already disposseed in this economy we could have a radical social shift leading to who knows what.
Would it not be better for the rich to pay four percent more in taxes?
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