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Well, tax rates WERE much higher post-WWII; they only started getting cut way back down in the Reagan era, and never went back up to those levels.
Tax the rich is a big part of it, but also, college has been sold as a false panacea to poverty. Young people take out massive loans to get degrees that don't really improve their job prospects…
Well, tax rates WERE much higher post-WWII; they only started getting cut way back down in the Reagan era, and never went back up to those levels.
Tax the rich is a big part of it, but also, college has been sold as a false panacea to poverty. Young people take out massive loans to get degrees that don't really improve their job prospects, so they're stuck trying to pay them off while working at Starbucks.
Trades have been stigmatized as "low-class" jobs, even though a journeyman certificate is a far better career booster than a gender studies degree.
"Tax the rich, get the poor into trades" would do a great job of solving inequality. Then layer in repatriating supply chains back away from overseas sweatshops, and we'd be in good shape.