{"id":11230,"date":"2016-03-03T02:27:22","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T09:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=11230"},"modified":"2016-03-03T02:27:22","modified_gmt":"2016-03-03T09:27:22","slug":"they-would-rather-the-poor-be-poorer-cartographic-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2016\/03\/03\/they-would-rather-the-poor-be-poorer-cartographic-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"They Would Rather The Poor Be Poorer, Cartographic Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;One of the holy of holies for American Progressives is &#8220;income equality&#8221;.\u00a0 Countries such as Canada, the Benelux countries, or Scandinavia are provided as &#8220;proof&#8221; that socialism, a welfare state, and universal euthanasia-happy healthcare creates &#8220;income equality&#8221;, and thus in the dogmatic eyes of the Progressive left, the one true and holy path to wealth and prosperity for everyone!!1!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Let&#8217;s look at a <a href=\"http:\/\/imgur.com\/acPB2MT\" target=\"_blank\">map<\/a> that ranks countries by income equality, and find <em>all the other<\/em> super-prosperous countries with that glorious &#8220;income equality&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11231\" title=\"income inequality\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/income-inequality.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1728\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/income-inequality.png 1728w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/income-inequality-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/income-inequality-1024x592.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1728px) 100vw, 1728px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more-->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Such paragons of prosperity like\u2026 Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Belarus, and Laos!\u00a0 Yes!\u00a0 This is the future that the American Progressives&#8217; dream for America will lead!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Other <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Economic_inequality#\/media\/File:Gini_Coefficient_World_CIA_Report.svg\" target=\"_blank\">maps<\/a> show that even that socialist paradise of Venezuela has more income equality than America!\u00a0 Nothing more equal than an equal lack of toilet paper!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11232\" title=\"CIA Income Inequality\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/CIA-Income-Inequality.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"917\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/CIA-Income-Inequality.png 917w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/CIA-Income-Inequality-300x156.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 917px) 100vw, 917px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Maggie summed it\u00a0 up best!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rv5t6rC6yvg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/income-inequality-thumb.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"income inequality thumb\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/income-inequality-thumb.png 570w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/income-inequality-thumb-300x173.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1px) 100vw, 1px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\"><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatblog\"><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalhat\"><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"They Would Rather The Poor Be Poorer, Cartographic Edition\"><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"One of the holy of holies for American Progressives is 'income equality'.  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