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Occupy the Economy: Challenging Capitalism QUOTES

Occupy the Economy: Challenging Capitalism QUOTES

1 " If Americans actually understood the structure of our taxes, they would not only become angry, they might also find our economic and political systems intolerable because they are the cause of our unjust tax codes ... We could revolutionize the financial conditions of every American city and town—solve all or most of its tax revenue problems—if the property tax system were simply extended from tangible property to also include intangible property. If you want some quick solutions to our nation's fiscal problems, that would be one. Even on the simple basis of fairness, how can we justify having a property tax system that exempts the intangible property owned mostly by the richest amongst us? What a prime example of the Occupy movement's central point about the economic injustice perpetrated by the 1 percent against the 99 percent. "

― Richard D. Wolff , Occupy the Economy: Challenging Capitalism

2 " All words that are important in history have been picked up and used by all kind of characters, for all kinds of reasons. "

― Richard D. Wolff , Occupy the Economy: Challenging Capitalism

3 " The level of economic literacy in the U.S. had been underdeveloped for a long time ... As a teacher, the best situation is when your students want to learn. But if you have an underdeveloped literacy, then your economic analysis is going to be all over the place, particularly in times like now in the middle of a crisis. "

― Richard D. Wolff , Occupy the Economy: Challenging Capitalism