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[quote=Anonymous]I have inlaws on SSDI fwho are against what they disparage as "Obamacare" and anything else having to do with government (although they are on Medicare). Years ago I attended a focus group where the lowest-earning guy in the group (a shoe-shiner) was in favor of the flat tax. This seems to prove how vulnerable the poorest, especially those without a college education, are to demagoguery. The Republican Party has really honed its demagoguery skills over the past few decades, and Trump has taken demagoguery to a whole new level. Meanwhile, the income gap continues to widen. So does the gap in mortality. Has anybody quoted Chetty yet? (I don't have time to read the whole thread.) The richest 1% now live 14.6 years (men) or 10 years (women) longer than the poorest 1%. White women in the lowest income quintile have actually seen their mortality *decline* by 2-3 years, thanks to things like smoking and maybe obesity (see Chetty et al.).[/quote]
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