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Dirty Hippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 08:41 AM Original message |
Conservative "insight" into the cause of poverty |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
1. There are flaws in this argument |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 08:53 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Richard Mellon Scaife is a classic case of inherited wealth |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 01:20 PM Response to Reply #4 |
46. And George W. Bush is an example... |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 01:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
49. And many, many spoiled rich kids have squandered their wealth. |
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Don_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
2. My Brother Feels The Same Way |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 08:54 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Just a hint... the will has to be filed at the courthouse and |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 11:57 AM Response to Reply #5 |
41. Getting the will doesn't help. It's the accounting of the assets that |
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soupkitchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 10:30 AM Response to Reply #2 |
31. That's another reason the rich have more money |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
3. BullPoop! |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 09:16 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. It is not, howver, good nutrition... |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 09:37 AM Response to Reply #11 |
18. yeah but that is a general reason... |
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camero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 11:17 AM Response to Reply #11 |
39. have to pop in here |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 01:42 PM Response to Reply #11 |
50. Actually, pizza is probably one of the most balanced meals you can eat. |
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pansypoo53219 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 10:49 AM Response to Reply #3 |
36. unfortunately |
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camero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 11:29 AM Response to Reply #3 |
40. That older lady was probably getting Social Security |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
6. The reason a lot of poor people are poor |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 09:12 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. C'mon people! Wise up! The system is rigged... |
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Ardee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 10:53 AM Response to Reply #9 |
37. Nail on the head, well stated |
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solinvictus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 10:21 AM Response to Reply #6 |
27. Working poor |
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BigDaddyLove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 02:04 PM Response to Reply #6 |
53. So no-one is poor because.............. |
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camero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 02:46 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. I can't believe noone has called you on this. |
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oneighty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 04:24 PM Response to Reply #53 |
63. One had best |
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radfringe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
7. a couple of months ago Neil Boortz blamed poverty |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 09:15 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. which are the other sizable faiths |
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radfringe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 09:32 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. various |
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Fla_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 09:31 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. One of my co-workers is fond of quoting Boortz |
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anarchy1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 10:59 AM Response to Reply #15 |
38. Self-made man |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
8. Both Sides Of The Mirror |
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Military Brat (999 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
12. I manage my money by not shopping at Wal-Mart |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
13. The rich are rich because they're better at the game of divide and |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 09:34 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Yes, Money Makes Money |
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evil_orange_cat (910 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
14. Biggie put it best... |
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eyeontheprize (331 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
19. Look at AWOL |
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DuctapeFatwa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
20. 90 odd % of poor in the US are mothers and their children |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 10:15 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. It seems like |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 10:20 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. When my mom and dad divorced in the late 1960s our |
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DuctapeFatwa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 10:32 AM Response to Reply #24 |
32. It is not because women do not have ability, but women still earn less |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 01:02 PM Response to Reply #32 |
44. In the best of cases, |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 03:58 PM Response to Reply #32 |
61. You ignore basic biological reality. |
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DuctapeFatwa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 11:16 PM Response to Reply #61 |
71. Choices fathers make are influenced by culture |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
21. Myth of class mobility in the US: Doug Henwood |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
22. Inherited wealth is overrated |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 10:21 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. It's true that not very many people |
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DuctapeFatwa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 10:43 AM Response to Reply #26 |
34. Good point! Even the down payment for a home, or an insurance policy |
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oneighty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 04:42 PM Response to Reply #26 |
68. Nonsense |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 10:23 AM Response to Reply #22 |
28. I have a friend who has not inherited her money |
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pippin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 10:36 AM Response to Reply #22 |
33. hey! watch your agism! |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 01:10 PM Response to Reply #33 |
45. No spanking necessary |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 12:04 PM Response to Reply #22 |
42. do you know, though |
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Liberator_Rev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
25. Direct Conservatives to LiberalsLikeChrist.Org/GODvsGreed |
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pippin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
29. conservatives forget the very rich |
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DiverDave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
30. What the hell |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
35. I hope you send a letter to the editor responding |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
43. The rich |
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camero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 02:03 PM Response to Reply #43 |
52. The rich are rich because |
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davekriss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
47. Some advice for the newly outsourced, downsized, and generally unemployed |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
48. Actually, you have to be better managing money poor |
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Mechatanketra (903 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
51. DANGEROUS "insight", that aggravates recession. |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
54. Income and wealth maldistribution. |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
55. I was raised in REAL poverty. My insights: |
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Zero Division (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
57. Talk about coincidences |
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durutti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
58. Bullshit on so many levels. |
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dvddrone (52 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
59. We know god loves the rich more! |
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camero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 03:24 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Exactly |
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Zero Division (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 04:06 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. Max Weber, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism |
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camero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 04:50 PM Response to Reply #62 |
70. It's rooted in Calvinism |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
64. Actually middle class and above kids are worse off when poor |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
65. The quote only really works at the upper end |
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jiacinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
66. That's BS |
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dawgman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
67. BS the poor are poor because they are lazy. Rich folk work harder. |
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Terwilliger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-03 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
69. conservatives who oppose Darwin use his virtues in their social outlook |
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