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GOP, The party of Corporate Welfare, 1% Welfare, The Party of Parasites! n/t (Original Post)
RKP5637
Nov 2012
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I heard is said, that even if you taxed the 1% at 100% the country would run for about 90
2on2u
Nov 2012
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Yep, it needs to come from all of us ... but really money is a head game. Economic
RKP5637
Nov 2012
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2on2u
(1,843 posts)1. I heard is said, that even if you taxed the 1% at 100% the country would run for about 90
days.... so I ask, where does the $$ come from to run the country really? IMHO it really comes from the 99% for the most part.
RKP5637
(67,111 posts)2. Yep, it needs to come from all of us ... but really money is a head game. Economic
systems can be set up in many ways. The concept of money is quite primitive and has served the ingrained survival of the fittest, king of the mountain mentality. We won't live to see it, but eventually IMO the notion of money will be obsolete.
2on2u
(1,843 posts)3. Too bad there isn't a coin return for illegal immoral wars waged by war criminal who never
(in this lifetime) deal with the karma they created, or so it seems.
RKP5637
(67,111 posts)4. Quite true! Today, the rewards game is often based on who can
best claw over the others. Too bad the tables can't be turned and the rewards game based on who best serves the whole than the selfish individual/group. ... and karma was dealt with in this lifetime.