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Stinky The Clown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-11 08:53 PM
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Chronic unemployment . . . . . . . devalued nest eggs . . . . . .
. . . . . fallen home values . . . . . a tattered, battered, shredded social safety net . . . . . wholesale reneging of long established labor contracts . . . . . unionism rent asunder . . . . .indefinite detention without charges . . . . . war after war, and yet another . . . . an increasingly gaping income gap . . . . . an increasing concentration of wealth in the already wealthy . . . . . an increasing concentration of power in the already powerful . . . . . . public service employee benefits, once considered substandard, now termed "lavish" or "generous" . . . . . job training for jobs that will never come back . . . . . bailed out megacompanies hoarding our wealth and creating jobs elsewhere . . . . .





. . . . . . please wear a helmet. The impact with "the bottom" will be life changing.
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Avant Guardian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-11 08:55 PM
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1. And now they are going after wages and pensions
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RKP5637 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-11 09:01 PM
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2. And privatization of Medicare (for profit to greedy insurance companies). n/t

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leftstreet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-11 09:03 PM
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3. Why not? If privatized medical care is good enough for the under 65 crowd....
It should be good for everyone!

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RKP5637 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-11 09:04 PM
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4. +1, n/t
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