Thinking of class and equality

In a previous post on my ideology, I did not elaborate on why I oppose the status quo, and more specifically, capitalism. Otherwise, I would have gone on forever in a long-winded manner. I also wanted to introduce the unequal society we live in before piecing my thoughts together here. Class My struggle with capitalism*

Inequality and the poor

In this post, I want to talk both about the distribution of income and wealth in the US using information from The Triumph of Injustice by Saez and Zucman (recommended read!). The book is purely about our tax system, but I am going to focus on how they present income. Using that as a stepping

The US spends just as much on social needs as France

But how? France has always been a big spender on welfare and other social programs, even outpacing countries such as Finland and Sweden. Check out this data from the OECD which shows public social expenditures (welfare, healthcare, social security, job training, etc) as percentage of GDP: The US and France are highlighted green while the