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August 10, 2011

Al Jazeera on income disparity in the US

A nice summary of the current state of affairs.

(Via reader Richard)

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Perhaps the saddest thing about this presentation is that we're not seeing it on 60 Minutes or Dateline NBC. And Americans trust those programs far more than a station they regard as the propaganda wing of Islamic terrorists.

Posted by Richard Frost on August 10, 2011 07:39 PM

The disconnect is profound. I got a little angry watching this. The Harvard grad who says that rather than give ten percent (only ten percent he talks about!) to 'entitlement programs', "Isn't it better for everyone that I make my money into more money" ... he really believes that.

It's a combination of the Just-World Fallacy and people wanting what is in their own best interests to be the right thing to do.

That and not seeing their own entitlements as entitlement.

Posted by Marie on August 11, 2011 12:37 PM