Poverty and inequality were strongly affected by government policy in the 1950s. As a general observation, high taxes earmarked for public programs to address poverty have been demonstrably more successful than free market initiatives. This is contrary to the conservative talking point that high taxes and government programs increase poverty.
As for the soldiers drafted in war, I'm not sure how that relates to the topic. Nobody is claiming that there haven't been civil rights nightmares or that the system has been perfect. The evidence points to the fact that inequality goes down when the government transfers money from those who have a lot to those who don't have enough.
Sorry, what I meant was that high tax rates didn't stop the war or create the civil rights movements. Good link you added by the way.
I have a bigger problem with the inversions and the turning of the US economy to one of debt, the money policy benefiting the very few, as well as the pre-depression era like coziness of government and big business.
Poverty and inequality were strongly affected by government policy in the 1950s. As a general observation, high taxes earmarked for public programs to address poverty have been demonstrably more successful than free market initiatives. This is contrary to the conservative talking point that high taxes and government programs increase poverty.
As for the soldiers drafted in war, I'm not sure how that relates to the topic. Nobody is claiming that there haven't been civil rights nightmares or that the system has been perfect. The evidence points to the fact that inequality goes down when the government transfers money from those who have a lot to those who don't have enough.
Sorry, what I meant was that high tax rates didn't stop the war or create the civil rights movements. Good link you added by the way.
I have a bigger problem with the inversions and the turning of the US economy to one of debt, the money policy benefiting the very few, as well as the pre-depression era like coziness of government and big business.