The "war on wealth"?

[ProSense]

It’s come to this: ‘War on wealth’

By Steve Benen

Over the last three decades, wealth has become increasingly concentrated at the top. The middle class is struggling with stagnant wages and a growing class gap; poverty rates are soaring; the jobs crisis seems never-ending; and a growing number of Americans are suggesting it’s time for a larger conversation about economic inequalities and tax fairness.

Some of the responses to these developments are more ridiculous than others.

In a promo for the upcoming “Your Money, Your Vote” Republican debate on CNBC that aired on today’s edition of Squawk On The Street, a voiceover asks, “How will candidates end the war on wealth?” During the voiceover the ad shows images of the Occupy Wall Street protests.

Yes, this is what it’s come to: “How will candidates end the war on wealth?”

This wasn’t Fox News, mind you; it was CNBC.

This was also part of a promotional effort for an upcoming debate for Republican presidential candidates, each of whom will be eager to talk about their desire to cut taxes for the wealthy even more, as if the rewards for wealth that are already in place, ensuring that the rich keep getting richer, aren’t quite sufficient.

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[leveymg]

1. Nobody is fooled by CNBC. In that fight, the 1% are their own worst enemy.

It's not OWS that's crashing markets for sovereign debt around the world, believe me. Look above the 20th Floor for that subversion.

[meow2u3]

2. War on Wealth, no. War on Greed, yes

It isn't so much the rich as it is the greedy and the criminals acting above the law. Does this answer your question?

[applegrove]

3. The gop has been trying to frame OWS for weeks. At one point OWS was started by ACORN (poor black

people), OWS was trying to divide the nation unlike the gop, and on and on. This is just the latest way to try and psychologically clamp down on OWS and the 30% of Americans, including many republicans, who are not quite sure what to think of OWS. They are desperate.

[cherish44]

4. I have no problem with weatlh it's greed that pisses me off

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