Even Republicans prefer socialism

Two college professors, Michael Norton of Harvard Business School and Dan Ariely of Duke University, surveyed American beliefs about current and optimal distribution of wealth. The vast majority - 92% - preferred the distribution of Sweden (unlabelled in the survey) over America's own hugely unequal distribution.


From the abstract:

All demographic groups – even those not usually associated with wealth redistribution such as Republicans and the wealthy – desired a more equal distribution of wealth than the status quo.

I wonder what the teabaggers would say.

(h/t KnoxViews and GOOD.is)

Depends what the meaning of 'was' was

Peter Feaver wrote a hysterical op-ed against MoveOn's anti-Petraeus ad, hyperbolically titled "MoveOn's McCarthy Moment". The Boston Globe identified Feaver this way:

Peter D. Feaver is a political science professor at Duke University and author of "Armed Servants: Agency, Oversight, and Civil-Military Relations." He served on the National Security Council staff under Presidents Clinton and George W. Bush.

This bipartisanish blurb utterly, totally fails to give readers the vital piece of vita. Feaver is a current White House staffer, working for the NSC. From his page at Duke:

Feaver is on leave from Duke and working as the Special Advisor for Strategic Planning and Institutional Reform on the National Security Council Staff at the White House.

So, 'served' is clearly a lie on par with Bill Clinton's 'there is no inappropriate relationship'. The White House is a good place for Feaver. From the foolish, exaggerated content of his op-ed, he's clearly comfortable dishing up nonsense.