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On the topic, there was a thought provoking article in the NY Times recently entitled "Can the Government Actually Do Anything About Inequality." The answer is
by msluyter 13y ago
On the topic, there was a thought provoking article in the NY Times recently entitled "Can the Government Actually Do Anything About Inequality." The answer is unclear:
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/10/can-the-government-actually-do-anything-about-inequality/?src=me&ref=general&_r=0 http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/10/can-the-gove...
- clavalle 13y agoOf course they can. Possessing things is as fragile as a human life. It would take a tectonic shift in how policy is crafted and implemented but if the US government decided to turn on a dime tomorrow and redistribute wealth who could stop them?