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Support for Government Redistribution Has Fallen (Except Among Liberals)

March 20, 2015 • by Joe Carter

Support for Government Redistribution Has Fallen (Except Among Liberals)

A new report from the liberal Brookings Institute finds that “despite the large increases in economic inequality since 1970”, American survey respondents exhibit no increase in support for redistribution. This holds true even for the two groups who have historically been most reliant on redistribution: the elderly and black Americans. Continue Reading...

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