Some say we are in a new Gilded Age given enormous wealth disparities. But looking at what Susan Glasser referred to as the “gelded” Members of Congress yesterday, it may be better to call it the Gelded Age.
There’s nothing wrong with Billionaires having billions. There is something inherently wrong with billionaires cutting your benefits, and help to the poor through USAID, and running around with a chainsaw giggling.
You can have power or billions. But we refuse to be an oligarchy