[lbo-talk] Is Chomsky Right (b) ? Most Americans want wealth distribution similar to Sweden

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Sep 27 12:20:31 PDT 2010


On Sep 27, 2010, at 3:13 PM, Ira Glazer wrote:


> http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/09/poll-wealth-distribution-similar-sweden/
>
> 92 percent prefer Swedish model to US model when given a choice
>
> Americans generally underestimate the degree of income inequality in
> the United States, and if given a choice, would distribute wealth in a
> similar way to the social democracies of Scandinavia, a new study
> finds.

Then why do people who advocate anything like these policies never get more than 2% of the vote in a Dem primary?

Doug



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