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Today's a good day to watch DC's conventional wisdom coalesce in real time: A), that anything to the left of the current taxation framework is "socialism," and B) that these policies are unpopular with voters. 
Be Smart: the richest 400 Americans own more than the 150 million at the bottom. "U.S. wealth concentration seems to have returned to levels last seen during the Roaring Twenties,” according to new research. washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2019…
The U.S. wealth distribution is starting to resemble Russia and China more than the U.K. or France. washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2019…
Another important fact in this story: median household wealth has actually *declined* over the past 30 years in inflation-adjusted terms. In 1983 it was $80,000. In 2016 it was $78,000. The rich are enriching themselves at everyone else's expense. washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2019…
