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10 Chairs: The Role of Government in Economic Equality
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At last weekend's Kentucky Social Forum, KFTC member Katie Meyer introduced the participants of KFTC's "A Budget As If People Mattered: Bringing Justice to Kentucky's Taxes" workshop to an exercise that underscores the role of government in determining who makes and keeps money. Katie and the workshop participants looked first at the changes in wealth among the income groups from the 1940s to the 1970s, then disproportionate gains in wealth among low-, middle-, and high-income groups from the 1970s to the present.
These two videos – one to show the changes up to the 1970s, and another one to show the changes from the 1970s to 2008 - are a close approximation of Katie's part of the workshop. Enjoy, and tell us what you think.
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