{"id":15423,"date":"2013-12-06T07:40:39","date_gmt":"2013-12-06T12:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/?p=15423"},"modified":"2013-12-06T07:40:39","modified_gmt":"2013-12-06T12:40:39","slug":"political-scene-the-politics-of-income-inequality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/2013\/12\/06\/political-scene-the-politics-of-income-inequality\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Scene: The Politics of Income Inequality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The New Yorker<\/em> magazine has the brief introduction to the pod cast <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/online\/blogs\/newsdesk\/2013\/12\/political-scene-the-politics-of-income-inequality.html\" title=\"The New Yorker introduction\" target=\"_blank\">Political Scene: The Politics of Income Inequality<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nThe rhetoric used to discuss income inequality, the Affordable Care Act, and the nascent push to raise the minimum wage may possibly be standing in the way of reducing America\u2019s wealth gap. For one thing, we talk about them as though they are three distinct issues. \u201cThe biggest thing which Obama has done to reduce inequality, if it all goes through and works properly, will be Obamacare,\u201d John Cassidy explains. \u201cIt\u2019s not just a health-care initiative; it\u2019s also a big redistributionary initiative.\u201d Cassidy and George Packer join host Dorothy Wickenden on this week\u2019s Political Scene podcast to assess President Obama\u2019s recent speech on inequality and the politics of the wealth gap. Packer simplifies the issue in a way the President did not: \u201cIt\u2019s a really profound moral as well as economic issue: Should you really be below poverty level if you work full time?\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><div style=\"text-align:center\">\n<audio controls><source src=\"http:\/\/downloads.newyorker.com\/mp3\/campaign\/131205_politicalscene.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mp3\"\/>Your browser does not support the audio tag.<\/audio>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre>\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>This podcast is a nice complement to my previous posts, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/2013\/12\/05\/huh-so-it-is-a-coordinated-wall-street-democrat-campaign\/\" title=\"Previous Post\" target=\"_blank\">Huh, so it IS a coordinated Wall Street Democrat campaign<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/2013\/12\/05\/the-pathology-of-the-rich-chris-hedges-on-reality-asserts-itself-pt1\/\" title=\"Previous Post\" target=\"_blank\">The Pathology of the Rich \u2013 Chris Hedges on Reality Asserts Itself pt1<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>If, as I believe, the 2016 Presidential election will be a contest between the Hillary Clinton wing and the Elizabeth Warren wing of the Democratic Party, these posts of mine indicate that Hillary&#8217;s wing ought to be the losing wing in this contest.  If Hillary doesn&#8217;t stop trying to tamp down the morally and politically correct fight against the current day robber barons, then I will find it very difficult to support her.  I will find it  very easy to support someone who is running out of the Elizabeth Warren wing, and it doesn&#8217;t have to be Elizabeth Warren.  This fight is for the soul of the Democratic Party and the soul of the nation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New Yorker magazine has the brief introduction to the pod cast Political Scene: The Politics of Income Inequality. The rhetoric used to discuss income inequality, the Affordable Care Act, and the nascent push to raise the minimum wage may possibly be standing in the way of reducing America\u2019s wealth gap. 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