Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling for December 20, 2013
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Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling 1980 CHANGE IN SHARE OF INCOME vs. 1979, after taxes Bottom 20% Middle 20% Hound: The government needs to LOWER TAXES on the rich! Top 1% 1987 CHANGE IN SHAPE OF INCOME Hound: The government needs to DEREGULATE the economy! 1994 Hound: The government needs to allow MERGERS and QUASI-MONOPOLIES! 2003 Hound: The government needs to give my company SUBSIDIES, TAX BREAKS and GIVEAWAYS! 2009 Hound: The government needs the FED to fight INFLATION, NOT UNEMPLOYMENT! 2013 Lucky Ducky: I think something needs to be done about INCOME INEQUALITY! Hound: HEY! THE GOVERNMENT SHOULDN'T PICK WINNERS AND LOSERS!
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In other countries, after years of oppression and financial inequality, the poor rose up in rebellion.Not that it did them much good. One set of greedy #$%X&$ was replaced by another and the rest remained the same. All that changed was political ideology.