Abe Lincoln: Would Have Preferred Emigration To Russia Over American Hypocrisy

"As a nation, we began by declaring that "all men are created equal." We now practically read it, "All men are created equal, except Negroes." When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read, "All men are created equal except Negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics." When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some other country where they make no pretense of loving liberty - to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, without the base alloy of hypocrisy."

Alan: Lopsided economic inequality lays waste to the moral rubric "All men are created equal." 

In America, the children of the filthy rich are created with unequal advantages just as the poor are created with unequal disadvantages. 

Consider this passage by Matt Bruenig: "You are 2.5 times more likely to be a rich adult if you were born rich and never bothered to go to college than if you were born poor and, against all odds, went to college and graduated." http://mattbruenig.com/2013/06/13/whats-more-important-a-college-degree-or-being-born-rich/

Cycle of Poverty

Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycle_of_poverty

"Plutocracy Triumphant"

Cartoon Compendium

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/05/plutocracy-triumphant.html

"Politics And Economics: The 101 Courses You Wish You Had"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/01/politics-and-economics-101-curricula.html

Inequality: Joseph Stiglitz Brilliant Reflection On Obama's State Of The Union Address

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/01/inequality-joseph-stiglitz-brilliant.html

1910 Income Tax Promised To Never Shift Burden From Richest 1 - 4%

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/01/1910-income-tax-legislation-promised-to.html

U Mass Professor Emeritus Richard Wolff Provides Out-Of-The-Box Views

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/01/u-mass-professor-emeritus-richard-wolff.html

"The Rich Aren't Just Grabbing A Bigger Slice Of The Pie. They're Taking It All"
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-rich-arent-just-grabbing-bigger.html

Major General Smedley Butler: Do Wars Really Defend America’s Freedom?

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/11/do-wars-really-defend-americas-freedom.html

G.K. Chesterton: "The Anarchy of The Rich"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/10/gk-chesterton-anarchy-of-rich.html

G.K. Chesterton and Warren Buffett's Class War

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/01/gk-chesterton-and-warren-buffetts-class.html

Aristotle On Democracy: Rule By The Needy

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/03/aristotle-on-democracy-rule-by-needy.html

George Soros: On The Coming Class War In The United States

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/02/george-soros-on-coming-us-class-war.html

"Pope Francis Links"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/11/pope-francis-links.html