Populists: support the Democratic Socialists of America!

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8. You don't often raise the floor without lowering the ceiling. It's a matter of speed and degree.

Bernie and, I think, only Bernie--among the top 3 candidates anyway-- talks of wealth inequality as well as income inequality.

As to income inequality, in reality, you can dust off your palms after you raise the minimum wage to wherever you think it should be: Apart from government employees, the private sector determines income levels. Still, even the minimum wage moves money from someone to someone else. Perhaps from the wrong someones, in the case of struggling small businesses, though laws usually exempt the smallest businesses.

Addressing wealth inequality, however, is different.

I must state, however, that many owners of small businesses are not businessmen, but businesswomen. And I have a similar object to "patrimonial."