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Alright, here we have statements about the economic inequality in the us.
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So economic inequality in the us.
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Which of these statements is true? well let's look at the first one.
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Economic inequality in the united states has decreased during the last two decades.
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Well that's generally considered false.
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Generally considered false.
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Many studies are showing that actually the inequality between the rich and the poor has been increasing over the past few decades.
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So let's look at number two.
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The changes in taxation and income distribution policies since the 70s have improved the economic standing of the middle class and the poor.
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I would say that that's debatable.
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And i think that that's actually one of the more debated economic policy issues in the united states over the past few decades.
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So it depends on the specific policies that you're talking about.
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But many people say that the changes in taxation and the distribution, they tend to favor the wealthy and they haven't significantly improved the economic standing of the middle class and the poor.
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So that's, you know, if you're playing devil's advocate then you can go in either different direction on that.
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That's a highly debatable thing.
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So what we can do is we can come back to that.
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Let's look at the other ones and see if we can find one that's definitely, that's more easily shown to be true...