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Episode 150: A Culture of Envy

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The Fallacious Argument for Inequality

"This isn't really an inequality problem. This is an over powerful government problem," he says. "It just becomes a raw power grab dressed up in the garb of legitimate politics" The rich can co-opt the government to get special treatment, but that's dangerous because it cuts out literally everyone else, Obama adds.

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