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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 12:48 PM Original message |
I want to know when the riots commence so I get my pitchfork ready. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. Uh, yes, the investment bubbles |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 12:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. "We" own a small portion of it. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 12:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. But THEY share more of the responsibility than we do. |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 01:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. "We" have a moral burden as well. |
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Idealism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 12:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Which hurts worse |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 01:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. The bottom 50% didn't live beyond its means |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 01:08 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. The "investor class" now includes us. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 01:30 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. The bottom 50% do not have retirement plans |
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Idealism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 01:36 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. Investors aren't the biggest problem |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 01:39 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. compensation linked to stock values |
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Idealism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 01:42 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Thats a very small group |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 01:45 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Who own the majority of the wealth |
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Idealism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 01:50 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Who stripped the regulation allowing their scheme to be legal? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 02:03 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Who asked for the regulation to be stripped? |
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Idealism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 02:16 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Asking for deregulation doesn't mean you have the power to undo it |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 02:19 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. OMG. Corporations playing by the rules??? |
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Idealism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 02:36 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Wow, listen to yourself |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 02:51 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Excusing corporations is how we get here |
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Idealism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 03:02 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. The GOPs mantra has been deregulation and free market policies |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 03:09 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Who does the GOP represent? Corporations. Duh. |
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Idealism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 03:14 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. You are being militant to the point here |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 03:18 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. You damn right I'm militant about starvation |
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Idealism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 03:30 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Thats a failure of managment, which did happen yes, but |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 03:37 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Congress didn't force corporations to do ANYTHING |
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Idealism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 03:41 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. You keep trying to argue all you want |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Tell it to Obama |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
4. Careful. Those who make sense will be the first against the wall. nt |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
6. I *think* we're waiting until after we win the War on Christmas. |
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iamjoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
7. We're Too Lazy and Complacent |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 01:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. Exactly. |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
8. Phil Gramm didn't help |
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Democrats_win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
9. Some of us were in the valley below while sh** rained down. |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
11. Oh really? How much of tax dollars are trickling into your wallet? |
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last1standing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
12. It's true that everyone is to blame, but they are not equally to blame. |
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SlowDownFast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
14. Already happening in China and Iceland. |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
16. That is garbage. |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
18. dangerous premise |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 01:33 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. We are citizens in a democracy and are tasked as such |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 02:04 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. depends upon who "we" is |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 02:31 PM Response to Reply #20 |
33. I'm not exactly sure what you mean by 'stepping up' |
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Neshanic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
25. And they shall turn their stainless steel appliances into plowshares. |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 01:52 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. That would be Greenspan 11:1... |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
27. I've had my torch and pitchfork ready since before December 2000. Is it time yet? |
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