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TAYA GRAHAM So why does all this matter? Why do we care if a rich CEO finds squeegee kids annoying? Why does it matter that the CEO can fire off one email and wipe teenagers, who want to work, off of every Baltimore street corner? For a very simple reason. The system that has created massive income inequality is intrinsically designed to be self sustaining and worse, profit off misery. Which is why it's so important that we understand how it works. If we don't understand the imperative that drives the system, how can we hold it to account? On paper, the plan to help squeegee kids seems reasonable, but in reality it's a literal documentation of the ongoing transfer of wealth to those who already have most of it.
It's full of platitudes and euphemisms designed to obscure the naked greed at bolsters it. It's a layer of bureaucracy that monetizes a problem of inherent unfairness to the benefit of politically connected insiders. Accrual and indifferent construct that addresses the problem of inequity with more of the same and that's why we have not just reported the so called facts of the story like mainstream media, but sought to understand the system that informs it.
We have and will continue to go beyond the superficial aspects of the story and delve deeper into the underlying imperatives that caused the problem. I want to thank my cohost, Stephen Janis, and I want to thank you for joining us on the inequality watch, and I want those of you watching to know that you have evidence of abuse of people at the hands of the wealthy. Please share it with us. Tell us in the comments or message us @therealnews on Facebook or Twitter, and of course you can message me directly at @tayasbaltimore on Facebook or Twitter. Please like, subscribe and let me know what you think. I do read your comments and appreciate them. I'm your host, Taya Graham and I want to thank you for joining me on the inequality watch.
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