What caused the income inequality gap that started in the 70's?

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  1. LaSalleAve

    LaSalleAve when in doubt, mumble

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    Ain't that the damn truth.
     
    LaSalleAve, Jun 23, 2015
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  2. LSUMASTERMIND

    LSUMASTERMIND Founding Member

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    amen, its like a strip club, whoever is making it rain.
     
    LSUMASTERMIND, Jun 23, 2015
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  3. Bengal B

    Bengal B Founding Member

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    His veep, Al Gore, invented the internet.
     
    Bengal B, Jun 23, 2015
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  4. Tiger in NC

    Tiger in NC There's a sucker born everyday...

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    I think luck, or the lack thereof, plays into any Presidency and Clinton is no exception. He definitely had the pleasure of holding office during a time when, as you say, the internet was taking off. That said, he did a lot of things to help foster ideal conditions for that boom to happen.
     
    Tiger in NC, Jun 26, 2015
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  5. gumborue

    gumborue Throwin Ched

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    I'm pretty sure that earl warren was dead by the time all this was happening
     
    gumborue, Jun 27, 2015
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  6. Bengal B

    Bengal B Founding Member

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    Economic changes are glacial. Clinton presided in an era when the economic policies of Ronald Reagan were begging to bear fruit.
     
    Bengal B, Jun 27, 2015
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  7. red55

    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    George Bush I continued Reagan's economic policies and failed to get re-elected for it, despite winning the Gulf War. The economy, stupid.

    Reagan and the failed concept of trickle-down economics were long gone in the Clinton era.
     
    red55, Jun 27, 2015
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  8. Tiger in NC

    Tiger in NC There's a sucker born everyday...

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    The problem with this popular conservative talking point is that it simply isn't rooted in reality. In reality there is room for both economic models, conservative and liberal, with each having it's appropriate time and place.
     
    Tiger in NC, Jun 28, 2015
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  9. gumborue

    gumborue Throwin Ched

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    they were "begging" all right.
     
    gumborue, Jun 28, 2015
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  10. tirk

    tirk im the lyrical jessie james

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    funny though faulty.
     
    tirk, Jun 28, 2015
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