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Squaredeal

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2. This has become America's new Gilded Age.
Fri Dec 12, 2025, 07:00 AM
Dec 12

Don’t ever tell me again that we, as the wealthiest nation in this world, can’t afford to support Social Security or Universal Healthcare for all our citizens because we don’t believe you. For the super rich, it has become Monopoly money to see who can accumulate the most to win the game. It’s way overdue bringing back the top 90% tax bracket like America had back in the 50s when we didn’t have this nonsense as a nation. That personal wealth was reserved for the third world countries then, when there were two classes of citizens: the few “haves”and then everyone else, “the have nots” and little justice for those without money.
With their walled-in, guarded compounds and estates they don’t have to encounter the sufferings of their fellow citizens with their delicate eyes.
Don’t worry or feel sorry for them. They’ll still have piles of cash to keep and to play with, for themselves, for their kids and for their kids’ kids, as the rest of us keep them safe and secure in their own world. It’s a small price for them to pay for it.

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