this post was submitted on 17 May 2026
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It’s pulling the money back where it belongs. You cannot have the “American Dream” without subsidizing a middle class. There is no middle class in capitalism without subsidies. FDR created the middle class.
Reagan and post Reagan congress have spent the last 40yrs disenfranchising the middle class by feeding their money to the billionaire creation endeavor.
This is a problem created by Congress. They could fix it. They choose not to.
Taxing billionaires at 1950s levels could virtually eliminate the lower class.
But then who will I be better than? (/s)
That part.