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Old 11-09-2011, 03:59 PM   #697
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Originally Posted by Shasta Beast View Post
Apples and oranges. Today there is no cause for the youth to give for. Today the wealth disparity is greatly more in favour of the 1% than it was in 1944 and broken regulations, as a result of de-regulation since that time, continue to support that shift.

I would be interesting to compare banking regulations in the 40's to banking regulations now, because frankly you might be horrified. And there was probably a larger wealth disparity between the rich and poor frankly because there was no real safety net back then.
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