Rangel wants wealth redistribution, says rich didn't sacrifice for war

[WestVirginiaRebel]

The Hill:

Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday called for the redistribution of America's riches and hammered the wealthy for benefiting from a war effort fought by the poor and middle class.

Citing statistics that show 1 percent of Americans now own 42 percent of the nation's wealth, the lawmaker representing Harlem said: "There is something wrong with that formula."

Rangel offered no specific remedy for adjusting those figures during his comments on the House floor but argued further that the wealthiest 1 percent have the added benefit of not needing to get involved in military service.

"Why is it that we know, or that we can suspect, that in this war where we lost so many lives, that so many people have been wounded, that our brave men and women coming home will subject themselves with a lack of funds to deal with their physical or mental problems?" he asked. "And yet we somehow know that that 1 percent was not involved in defending our great nation."

"We can almost know without any investigation that the wealthiest of Americans never found themselves protecting our flag," he added.
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This coming from a guy who won't pay his back taxes...

[Valin]

The Hill:

 

Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday called for the redistribution of America's riches and hammered the wealthy for benefiting from a war effort fought by the poor and middle class.

 

It's a good thing I'm not the sort of person that would post a photo like this....