>>>>>>>No easy answers, but it's another example of the effects of increasing income disparity.
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>>>>>>Question - have you purchased any of the Harry Potter books for anyone?
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>>>>>No, I haven't, but my daughter-in-law and grandsons are avid fans.
>>>>>I never got into them, but my daughter-in-law hooked my girlfriend now and she's a fan.
>>>>>Why do you ask?
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>>>>By purchasing the books, your family is contributing to income disparity.
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>>>If you mean that they are adding to the zillions that JK Rowling is worth, I see your point and it's well taken.
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>>That's exactly what I mean - we make economic choices every day to add value to our lives, and it makes others rich.
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>>I just made the owners of the Keurig machine a bit richer - our Keurig broke down after 5 years. Could I go out and buy a cheap Mr. Coffee machine for a few bucks? Sure - but I prefer the Keurig, so I paid $150 for a good one.
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>Getting back to the title of this thread.. it's great to see people making lots of money.
>The question is, how much should they give back.
>If taxes rates went back to the pre-Reagan levels, many of the issues facing this country wouldn't exist.

Close a few loopholes and properly tax the large corporations and wall street would go a long ways. Bernie wants to do this. Hillary is kind of saying she wants to - but her actions don't hold up like Bernie's. Meanwhile the GOP is afraid some poor person might get a sandwich they don't deserve and concentrate on that.