Don't patronize me, Tom.

ER — 12/2/2015 2:38:55 AM (archived)

Don't patronize me, Tom.

The upper tiers started getting richer faster immediately after Reagan was elected. Is it unreasonable to conclude that policies which favor the affluent, especially tax policy, might have a little to do with that?

And I never said women "started working in the 80s". But we both know, charts or not, that in order to maintain a relatively stable household income women have had to go to work. And of course, that curve is bound to level off eventually as the job market for women approaches saturation.

If both spouses in an income bracket have to be employed to maintain a flat salary, that might have some effect on the Gini ratio as well since that affects the lower brackets more than the upper. Look it up. I bet its in Wikipedia.

You know perfectly well how this works, Tom. Don't play games with me.

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Defining fascism--a little light reading - Robert - 11/25/2015 10:02:19 PM
- A superb description of the Republican Party with their goosestep members of Congress. - bowser - 12/2/2015 4:20:31 AM
  - Hey, Bowser, grab some popcorn! - TB - 12/2/2015 4:31:21 AM
    - Can't argue the facts, can you. Remember the pledge they had to sign? - bowser - 12/3/2015 4:59:32 AM
    - Who's up for a Mobius award? n/t - RobVG - 12/2/2015 6:12:32 AM
- It's funny, even you guys have to look up the definition of fascist.....n/t - RobVG - 11/26/2015 4:00:35 AM
  - Do you already know one? - Robert - 11/26/2015 6:40:43 AM
    - Please.. - RobVG - 11/26/2015 6:43:11 PM
      - OK, the long way round, you're saying you don't think Trump is a Fascist - Robert - 11/26/2015 10:20:05 PM
        
        I think you're just a little too gleeful. - RobVG - 11/29/2015 7:24:46 PM
        
        "Glee" is the wrong word - Robert - 11/30/2015 4:16:23 AM
        
        I'm sorry you took offense Robert - RobVG - 12/1/2015 3:08:56 AM
        
        If you are really asking a question: - TB - 11/30/2015 5:45:51 PM
        
        Racism was more of a prominent example than the sole characteristic - Robert - 12/1/2015 2:24:14 AM
        
        Excellent post. - ER - 11/30/2015 10:27:22 PM
        
        It wasn't that Eco, or even Robert, were wrong. - TB - 12/1/2015 4:09:07 AM
        
        Your ideology is showing. - ER - 12/1/2015 2:59:18 PM
        
        I should hope so. - TB - 12/1/2015 6:31:48 PM
        
        A Wikepedia citation? - mcfly - 12/1/2015 10:15:06 PM
        
        Hear that ER? - TB - 12/2/2015 12:31:57 AM
        
        Pick that cherry! - mcfly - 12/2/2015 1:09:52 AM
        
        Heh, sorry. ER uses Wikepedia a lot, too. - TB - 12/2/2015 1:25:31 AM
        
        Read my post again and think about it. Sorry it was so subtle. - mcfly - 12/2/2015 1:40:17 AM
        
        Or you could just explain it. - TB - 12/2/2015 1:46:13 AM
        
        I have a problem with *your* methodology - mcfly - 12/2/2015 2:33:16 AM
        
        C'mon McFly - RobVG - 12/2/2015 6:21:07 AM
        
        I'm curious about something - Robert - 12/1/2015 7:41:27 PM
        
        Waiting for links on the "economic studies." - TB - 12/1/2015 9:23:49 PM
        
        ding! ding! ding! - Robert - 12/2/2015 12:10:17 AM
        
        raga man - ER - 12/2/2015 2:06:25 AM
        
        Cute. - TB - 12/2/2015 2:05:07 AM
        
        Did you know your data removed capital gains from the equation in order to look like that? - RL - 12/2/2015 3:08:17 AM
        
        I don't think that changes it being flat. - TB - 12/2/2015 3:37:53 AM
        
        You KNOW it does... - RL - 12/2/2015 3:58:12 AM
        
        Dude, I quoted the paper you handed me. - TB - 12/2/2015 4:29:08 AM
        
        The very first place I looked, right at the top of the stack... - ER - 12/1/2015 10:26:13 PM
        
        Well... - TB - 12/2/2015 12:58:08 AM
        
        Don't patronize me, Tom. - ER - 12/2/2015 2:38:55 AM
        
        Heh. Don't you mean "Tommy?" - TB - 12/2/2015 2:49:13 AM
        
        And... - RL - 12/2/2015 12:35:55 AM
        
        There is a methodology problem... - TB - 12/2/2015 1:21:27 AM
        
        I am curious, TB - RL - 12/2/2015 2:04:44 AM
        
        That's just insulting - mcfly - 12/2/2015 1:38:37 AM
        
        Bringing engineers in probably wouldn't hurt. :) - TB - 12/2/2015 1:57:09 AM
        
        Do we have any? - ER - 12/2/2015 2:37:16 AM
        
        Do Lasers count? - RL - 12/2/2015 3:37:05 AM
        
        Lasers definitely count! - TB - 12/2/2015 3:46:05 AM
        
        Re: Do we have any? - TB - 12/2/2015 2:56:21 AM
        
        I used to draw maps. - ER - 12/2/2015 3:06:16 AM
        
        That's tech, too. - TB - 12/2/2015 3:48:40 AM
        
        And yet another insult - mcfly - 12/2/2015 2:35:19 AM
        
        I'm sorry. Didn't know you were a social scientist. - TB - 12/2/2015 2:39:25 AM
        
        A rising tide lifts all yachts - mcfly - 12/1/2015 10:46:53 PM
        
        They want more. - ER - 12/1/2015 8:43:31 PM
        
        In the wild west... - ER - 12/1/2015 7:21:33 PM
        
        Thanks for that - mcfly - 11/30/2015 11:44:20 PM
        
        I'm tending to agree with TB on this - Tony - 11/30/2015 8:37:30 PM
        
        Have you read this whole thread? - TB - 11/30/2015 6:14:57 AM
        
        Are you nuts? - Robert - 11/30/2015 6:23:58 AM
        
        Unclear answer. - TB - 11/30/2015 7:58:56 AM
        
        Its perfectly clear to me, - ER - 11/30/2015 2:00:02 PM
      - They're in the "furious gibbering" phase. - TB - 11/26/2015 7:45:41 PM
        
        Who's in "furious gibbering phase?" - mcfly - 11/27/2015 3:15:55 AM
        
        Tommy tries desperately to hold back the liberal flood - ER - 11/26/2015 7:58:39 PM
      - I don't think Trump is making any effort NOT to be shoehorned. - ER - 11/26/2015 7:20:22 PM
      - Be honest Rob... - RL - 11/26/2015 7:17:01 PM
    - I don't think Trump has a political ideology... - RL - 11/26/2015 4:54:13 PM
      - Liberals should also beware of spending too much effort fighting Trump. - ER - 11/26/2015 5:24:21 PM
  - That's because there IS NO definition of fascist. - ER - 11/26/2015 4:19:57 AM
    - Look up number 14 in Eco's list. - TB - 11/26/2015 5:34:36 PM
      - Precision of language? - ER - 11/26/2015 5:50:49 PM
        
        Wow... just...WOW - RL - 11/26/2015 6:05:09 PM
- Fascism is the dictatorship of the middle class. - ER - 11/26/2015 12:42:39 AM
- Definitions - ER - 11/26/2015 12:00:06 AM

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