tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5953818443099553136.post3761481562634387985..comments2023-05-28T08:33:51.529-07:00Comments on Suvy's Thoughts: Class Issues in America Masquerading as Race IssuesSuvy Boyinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14498944095362886178noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5953818443099553136.post-60440211781964841112015-07-22T07:27:44.451-07:002015-07-22T07:27:44.451-07:00This post wasn't motivated by the Netroots Nat...This post wasn't motivated by the Netroots Nation event.<br /><br />I think the Great Society really screwed a lot of things up in the way they handled Social Security and Medicare. They really fucked up incentive structures.Suvy Boyinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14498944095362886178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5953818443099553136.post-80317307934962385432015-07-21T04:22:12.550-07:002015-07-21T04:22:12.550-07:00Although I lean to the left, I do agree with you t...Although I lean to the left, I do agree with you that people are more divided by class than race. Was this post inspired by the #BlackLivesMatter movement showing up at the 2015 Netroots Nation event, where they disrupted a session involving ex-Governor Martin O'Malley and Senator Bernard Sanders?<br /><br />Anyway - there was a book recommended by Daniel Kuehn not too long ago called <i>Sharing the Prize: The Economics of the Civil Rights Revolution</i> by Gavin Wright. I've yet to read it myself, but from what I've gathered from excerpts, it seems that the reforms of the 1960ies did help both black and white Americans. Where did the Great Society go wrong?Blue Aurorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02044362251868221897noreply@blogger.com