Point Taken

Submitted by Barry Black (United States), Sep 17, 2014 at 10:03

While you may be a bit cynical, your point is well taken. The USA is at a point in it's history akin to the time of Teddy Roosevelt, where robber barons ruled. The disparity between rich and poor is ever increasing and while individual robber barons no longer exist the USA now has robber conglomerates.

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