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George Megas: Income disparity is a powderkeg

In the United States of America we have millionaires, multimillionaires, billionaires and multibillionaires and some politicians who pay no taxes; they claim this is their right under capitalism. Then we have the poor and the homeless. Somewhere in between we have a giant fuse just waiting for a spark.

George Megas, Turlo

This story was originally published June 9, 2015 at 5:30 PM with the headline "George Megas: Income disparity is a powderkeg."

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