| We sold ourselves a pipe dream that everyone could get rich and no one would get hurt ?? a pipe dream that exploded like a pipe bomb when the already-rich grabbed for all the gold; when they used their fortunes to influence government and gain favors and protection; when everyone else was left to scrounge around their ankles in hopes that a few coins would fall.This was underscored in a report released on Thursday by the Bertelsmann Stiftung foundation of Germany entitled ??Social Justice in the OECD ?? How Do the Member States Compare? ? It analyzed some metrics of basic fairness and equality among Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development countries and ranked America among the ones at the bottom. I could write (and have written) ad nauseam about our woeful state, but it might be more powerful to see it for yourself. |
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