Saturday, June 23, 2012

Serious People Do Not Use Wealth of People Under Age 35 as a Measure of Their Well-Being | Common Dreams

Serious People Do Not Use Wealth of People Under Age 35 as a Measure of Their Well-Being | Common Dreams
"here is a well-funded effort in this country to try to distract the public's attention from the massive upward redistribution of income over the last three decades by trying to claim that the issue is one of generational conflict rather than class conflict. Billionaire investment banker Peter Peterson is the most well-known funder of this effort, having kicked in a billion dollars of his own money for the cause."