Rule by the rich may look inevitable, but history shows it’s not. From ancient Greece to New Deal America to today’s Hungary, democracies have found ways to separate private fortunes from public power.
progressive taxation
Posted inPolitical Animal
Republicans Are the Party of the Wealthy Elite
A conservative economist says that $50 million in wealth isn’t that much.
Posted inMagazine
Antisocial Security
Every once in a while, the federal government will do something that seems to have been calculated to foster bitterness and hostility among the populace as they realize what’s being done to them. A recent example came in late October, when the House, under intense pressure from the federal employee unions, voted to shelve a […]
