Inequality For All

2013 • 90 minut

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Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich makes an eloquent and impassioned argument about how the devastating effects of America's widening income inequality not only threaten the middle class but also the very foundation of democracy itself.

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This film is definitely from the worldview of a progressive. The declining/stagnant wages, the rise of household costs, and an unfavorable tax climate all combine to turn our once dynamic economy into a sluggish crash-prone one, so he tells us. The visuals are spot on and engaging. The data is presented in a way that hammers home the struggling plight of our middle class. He builds up to the view he believes is right and what course we should take. In my opinion he sells his point very well. He calls for action, now, and we need more people calling for this action.

This was inspirational. I don't make a lot of money, I work part time, go to school full-time and I am a mom. What little money I make after taxes is disgusting for the amount of work I do. What I pay in federal income taxes is puny compared to others. However, that is my money, my contribution to the economy and I don't feel as a US citizen, born and raised here, that my money should be squandered on golf trips and security for a president who could care less about me and my family. WE THE PEOPLE should have a say where and how out tax dollars are spent and WE DON'T. No one in politics today cares about the us, just how much someone contributed to their campaign, who can buy their favor and who will pay them more to keep that favor going. THANK YOU FOR ENLIGHTENING US.

Personally, I couldn't have cared less about the economy. This movie changed my thinking. Our economy is slowly breaking down and dying. It isn't 100% the fault of the rich. Partly, but not completely. I think that this movie is not so much trying to point blame, but showing a way of fixing what is broken. However, if these changes are implemented too quickly, they will break the system even more. But with slow and steady change, our economy can heal, possibly within the next 10-15 years.