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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 11:16 AM Original message |
Make no mistake, they have launched a war to eliminate the U.S. middle class. |
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Locrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
1. they've already won |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 12:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. The only question left is which party will they establish their base in? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 02:57 PM Response to Reply #17 |
30. BOTH parties have been taken over -- |
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pocoloco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 10:18 AM Response to Reply #17 |
128. Short answer...... |
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theFrankFactor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 11:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
87. A Beginning - A Place to Start |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 12:38 AM Response to Reply #87 |
97. I am in. nt |
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hay rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 01:38 AM Response to Reply #87 |
100. comments |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 09:35 AM Response to Reply #87 |
124. Sounds like a good outline, however way to slow. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 12:17 PM Response to Reply #87 |
132. k & r |
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Larry Ogg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 12:38 PM Response to Reply #87 |
133. Excellent place to start, except for one little oversight... |
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theFrankFactor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 02:05 PM Response to Reply #133 |
137. I Defer... |
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Larry Ogg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 03:47 PM Response to Reply #137 |
140. I think most people defer their opinion when it comes to our money system; |
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Blue Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
2. all the money that could fix our problems |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 04:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
43. That's part of the plan. |
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swilton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 07:59 PM Response to Reply #43 |
62. It also serves as an outlet for the surpluss unemployed |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 10:03 PM Response to Reply #43 |
79. Precisely |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 06:06 AM Response to Reply #79 |
105. It would be "unpatriotic" to do otherwise. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
3. literally a crime against humanity? hyperbole. |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 11:49 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. You wouldn't say that if you saw the way my neighborhood used to be- |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 11:55 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. you didn't read my post very carefully |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 02:45 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. So you think "unfettered greed" is accidental? There may not be a specially name |
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bulloney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 03:07 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. Once the middle class is officially eliminated, those remaining will turn on each other. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 08:06 PM Response to Reply #33 |
64. I totally agree. Capitalism will eat itself eventually. But it doesnt help us much. nt |
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Patchuli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 08:28 PM Response to Reply #33 |
73. Their biggest problem is however |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 10:48 PM Response to Reply #73 |
83. Yes, but they've already taken full advantage of so many ingnorant people... |
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Patchuli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 11:01 PM Response to Reply #83 |
85. The realists outnumber the dumbed down |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 02:10 AM Response to Reply #83 |
104. cool tesseract |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 12:30 AM Response to Reply #73 |
96. And how is that a problem? nt |
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Patchuli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 11:57 PM Response to Reply #96 |
145. I believe the rich were |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 11:38 PM Response to Reply #33 |
92. it's just foolish greed- there's no plan to destroy - which is even more |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 09:51 AM Response to Reply #92 |
127. I have to disagree |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 04:16 AM Response to Reply #92 |
148. The economy is global. The "middle class" is also, these days. A global middle class means |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 03:59 PM Response to Reply #25 |
38. Unfettered greed is the... |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 08:27 PM Response to Reply #38 |
72. I think I understand what you are saying and I am not happy about it. Reality is a bitch. nt |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 05:40 PM Response to Reply #38 |
142. no, buying something for pleasure is not the same as institutional and |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 04:14 AM Response to Reply #38 |
147. There's a difference. The person purchasing an i-pod doesn't see the entire chain of events |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 09:28 AM Response to Reply #25 |
123. Accidental greed? Lol |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 07:54 PM Response to Reply #14 |
60. You make the same distinction my husband does... |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 08:24 PM Response to Reply #60 |
70. Excellent point. I do think that's what the poster was trying to say. |
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Beartracks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 10:31 AM Response to Reply #60 |
129. If I could rec a Reply, this would be the one. n/t |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 09:47 AM Response to Reply #14 |
125. Right. They just stumbled into buying off the politicians to make sure all the laws favor wealthy |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 06:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
54. Don't waste your time. |
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Goldstein1984 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 10:29 PM Response to Reply #11 |
81. Listen to girl gone mad |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 08:49 PM Response to Reply #81 |
144. I hear you. |
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Vinnie From Indy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 11:52 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Well, here are a few indicators and cabal members |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 11:56 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. It's clear that the gov't doesn't represent the interests of the people |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 06:16 AM Response to Reply #15 |
106. Yes, it's a nice post. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 03:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
37. Crime against Humanity?....YES! |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 07:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
58. Equating gas chambers, machete mutilation, with.... not affording cable? |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 08:32 AM Response to Reply #58 |
116. People are living (and freezing to death) in cars. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 04:02 AM Response to Reply #116 |
146. I've lived in a car. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 04:21 AM Response to Reply #146 |
149. Yet people die of it. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 04:34 AM Response to Reply #149 |
151. 1 person dying of cold = millions dying. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 04:44 AM Response to Reply #151 |
155. Globally, there are millions dying. And even in the US, it's more than one person dying of cold, & |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 04:50 AM Response to Reply #155 |
156. Cold people dying in cars = Machete rape? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 04:57 AM Response to Reply #156 |
157. death = death. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 05:04 AM Response to Reply #157 |
158. 17 million = 1? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 05:14 AM Response to Reply #158 |
159. it's not one, & i'm not sure where you get 17 million. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 05:45 AM Response to Reply #159 |
160. 17 million to 19 million is the WII nazi and socialist death toll. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 06:21 AM Response to Reply #160 |
161. oh for god's sake. If 17 million die from exposure due to the deliberate economic |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 09:30 AM Response to Reply #160 |
163. "Socialist" death toll? You refer then to the mass murders in Sweden? |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 09:28 AM Response to Reply #156 |
162. Crimes of neglect vs. crimes of violence? |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 09:22 AM Response to Reply #3 |
121. Sure feels like a crime to me |
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emsimon33 (904 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 04:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
141. It's planned--look at the Supreme Court |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
4. and Yet We are to feel bad for them for Paying their Fair Share of Taxes |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
5. that makes no economic sense |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 02:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
22. Who's going to spend more money... |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 02:45 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. that sword has two edges though |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 06:11 PM Response to Reply #26 |
52. What he.. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 06:25 AM Response to Reply #52 |
109. Since Reagan, Democrats have |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 07:51 PM Response to Reply #26 |
59. That is so humerous to me when PO talks about small |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 06:20 AM Response to Reply #5 |
108. It's just another instance of |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 08:32 AM Response to Reply #5 |
115. You're undercaffeinated |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 04:23 AM Response to Reply #5 |
150. Americans aren't the only people who spend money, & US corps no longer need to protect |
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sharesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
6. Actually, the death of Mao in 1976 was the big bang of the American economic decline. |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 11:39 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. In the sense that he kept China out of the world economy? n/t |
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sharesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 11:52 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Exactly. All of that nation's human resources and entrepreneurial spirit were unleashed. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
8. Totally understandable. After all, Middle Class sounds like Middle East |
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GiveMeFreedom (445 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 03:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
34. one of these? |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
9. Is there any way to strip economic elite of their wealth? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 11:47 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. raise taxes on the uber wealthy- a lot. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 03:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
32. As long as they control government and our elected officials -- No . . . |
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GiveMeFreedom (445 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 03:19 PM Response to Reply #9 |
36. Yes there is a way... |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 11:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
93. The French people managed to do it nearly 200 years ago |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 01:42 AM Response to Reply #93 |
101. Actually, it was more than 200 years ago |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
16. Prescott Bush, Harriman, and all the corporate leaders from before the days of |
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Bonhomme Richard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
18. They are grabbing all they can now that the tit is dry. n/t |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 08:29 PM Response to Reply #18 |
74. The Middle Class are the only ones with money left |
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jsmithsen (68 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
19. Contradictions |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 02:20 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Yep. Welcome to DU. n/t |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 10:51 PM Response to Reply #19 |
84. Welcome to DU!!! |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
20. They launched it about forty years ago, |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
21. It's not a conspiracy theory, and you're not paranoid |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 02:22 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Amazing the % of ass-smooching dim bulbs who insist criminal collusion among the wealthy doesn't exi |
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4 t 4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 02:51 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Can President Obama use Excecutive Order to ( roll back) taxes |
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theFrankFactor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 11:12 PM Response to Reply #24 |
86. You said it! |
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dajoki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
27. It started a long time ago, now they are perfecting it n/t |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
28. The war's not new, and is not just on the middle class. n/t |
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chrisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
31. It's not just about being rich. |
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Beartracks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 10:43 AM Response to Reply #31 |
130. It's built into our society. |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
35. It's been going on for over 30 years |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 06:46 AM Response to Reply #35 |
112. Indeed it has |
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kleec (117 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
39. It's also known as |
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BigBearJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
40. So what are we going to do about it? |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
41. I disagree that the rich elites WANT to destroy the middle class. They just |
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Tim01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 04:47 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Nailed it. nt |
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jaybeat (729 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 04:58 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. I think they want to protect their priviledge |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 08:04 PM Response to Reply #41 |
63. A group of 5 are in a lifeboat and will be rescued in 5 days... |
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democracy1st (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
44. K & R |
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GreenTea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
45. Republicans & corporations have always hated the middle class - they hate paying the wages, |
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Celtic Merlin (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
47. THERE . IS . A . WAY . TO . STOP . THIS |
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bc3000 (766 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 07:32 PM Response to Reply #47 |
56. yeah... you know they people that would have to change those laws are the ones profiting, right? |
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kgnu_fan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 08:17 PM Response to Reply #47 |
66. knr ---- we can do this as soon as we wake up |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 12:26 AM Response to Reply #47 |
95. Yes, but how can we change the laws? congress dont listen to us. nt |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 06:34 AM Response to Reply #47 |
110. And after that |
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kjackson227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
48. I've been feeling this way for a long time now. The rich get... |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
49. The American consumer is being replaced as the engine of economic growth. |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
50. Well yeah, by eliminating the U.S. altogether |
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jtuck004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
51. That would be, and probably is, very shortsighted of them |
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AzDar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
53. K & R |
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jsmithsen (68 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
55. They hate Unions; they are indifferent to everyone else |
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1776Forever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
57. I heard about this in 1982 from an Accountant/Professor but I never thought it could happen! |
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kgnu_fan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
61. It is their "harvest time".... nt |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 08:22 PM Response to Reply #61 |
68. KGNU_FAN NAILS IT |
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BlancheSplanchnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
65. also makes me wonder |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
67. K&R. |
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burrowowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
69. The Middle Class has already been eliminated |
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Patchuli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
71. EAT THE RICH! |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 09:59 PM Response to Reply #71 |
77. I dunno, they're so gassy as it is, maybe its Beano time. And I'd eat cake... |
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Patchuli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 10:05 PM Response to Reply #77 |
80. You may be right |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
75. People have been to slow to catch on. Back in, say, 1980 |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
76. Change. REAL. Change. |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
78. To the dungeon! |
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troubledamerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
82. No unions = no middle class = no democracy = no General Strike capacity = military coup |
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Fool Count (878 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
88. Who needs the "middle class" anyway? |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 11:42 PM Response to Reply #88 |
94. Yes, the middle class existed at the whim of the wealthy elitists. Now they are bored with us. Time |
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eecumings (54 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
89. 1984 |
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sohndrsmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
90. As much as I fully agree, I am just as confused. How does our (or any) |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 06:17 AM Response to Reply #90 |
107. Capitalism... |
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havbrush (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 03:46 PM Response to Reply #90 |
139. Economy or formula for wealth |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 04:36 AM Response to Reply #90 |
152. "The miracle of productivity" means lots of goods can be produced with fewer people working. |
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lunasun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
91. you can't eat the rich! |
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etong (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 05:52 PM Response to Reply #91 |
143. Well,can we eat the rich ? |
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pundaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
98. This isn't a "new" war, this is only the mopping up operation. |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 01:32 AM Response to Original message |
99. Does this mean I wont be accused of having a tinfoil hat on? |
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KILL THE WISE ONE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 01:51 AM Response to Original message |
102. not a war, it just seams that way. it is merely the end of a delusion. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 04:38 AM Response to Reply #102 |
153. But it was, quite real. Only people's beliefs about the causes were unreal. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 02:05 AM Response to Original message |
103. K&R. |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 06:43 AM Response to Original message |
111. It started with Reaganomics |
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Larry Ogg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 02:48 PM Response to Reply #111 |
138. As long as progressives and liberals think that the puppet Reagan was, "when it all started," |
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adamuu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
113. The Middle Class produced many Republican voters |
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geckosfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
114. The primary goal is to transfer all the wealth held by the middle class |
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N_E_1 for Tennis (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
117. Time to change our thinking |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
118. We know we are at war. We need a leader and strategies. nt |
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starzdust (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
119. In Reply to the 3rd poster... |
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Paper Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
120. I think some of the big whigs ought to rethink their aims. |
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Uben (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
122. Uh, it's been happening for 30 years! |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
126. It's Ironic Because People Came to this Country for the Opportunity |
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uberllama42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
131. Why would the elite want to radicalize people? |
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kgnu_fan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 12:59 PM Response to Reply #131 |
135. Nobody wants to be holding the bag at the end of Ponzi scheme |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 01:26 PM Response to Reply #131 |
136. Ask the the 18th century French why their kings and queens spent that nation's precious resources on |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 04:42 AM Response to Reply #131 |
154. "The rich" don't have to live here. They have the whole globe. |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
134. Wealth has to come from somewhere, you know. $$ value is relative. You can only be relatively richer |
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