There's probably a causal relationship between how much grotesque excess somebody has and how paranoid they are. More assets --> more to protect --> more distrust and paranoia.

"You're kissing our asses and thanking us for it...or you're against us!"

Maybe all evil is based on paranoia (even the smug, 'humorous' O'Reilly variety).

Although some people obviously do a lot of evil just trying to accumulate the kind of wealth that might cause them to be super-paranoid.

"You're kissing our asses and thanking us for it...or you're against us!" sums up the article pretty well!

isn't Obama, it's these guys. The bought and paid for media can only delay the voters from finding out the truth, not completely stop them. Then they'll really be pissed....

through new Federal contracts. He can set the rate as he likes. $10.10 is $21,000/yr, which puts a family of four in poverty.

For a worker contracted to the Federal government, I think it's completely unacceptable.

$22 is $46,000.

We must remember that, even while we bicker amongst ourselves.

It is our job to cure them for their own good

them. nt

You do not treat an addict by allowing them unrestricted access to their "drug" of choice. But, money is not inherently lethal for the user, the lack of money available for others by the hoarding of the addict is the problem.
So....I don't know; I'm not a doctor.
But I do believe your right to flail your arms around ends at my nose.

anyone. Really, it's not healthy, just look at the Walton's or the Koch's.

Course, my freinds are Dems... and not one of them complains about taxes.

Now were seeing it like we should have.

Better late than never!

-p

My way or no way - GOP

Even the latest immigration bill from the house show total contempt. Only the well to do immigration person should afford that total crapola.

a fight. I may not win but I damn sure die trying. The people of this Country are worth it to me. To help them is to help myself and the ones I love plain and simple.

you can't make this shit up...

"In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, AIG CEO Bob Benmosche came out with the worst analogy for the 2009 financial crisis. Benmosche compared public outrage over AIG’s bonuses to the Deep South lynching African-Americans. “It was just as bad and just as wrong,” he said, because employees were used to a certain way of living:"

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/09/24/2671131/aig-bonus-outrage-lynching/

Agony

I never thought that Madame Defarge was that much of a villain.

with a disposition, if anything, far too forgiving of those who had wronged her and hers.

Yes she was fueled by revenged, but she was greatly wrong. She was given a sypathtic back story. In addition, until his daughter married Charles Darney, the good doctor felt the same way. It is his written statement in which he wrote in blood while he was in the Bastile which damns Darney/Everymode. Dickons gave Defarge a great deal of just justification.

and the fact she did not care about cannot be ignored.

On a related note: Using the ambiguous term 'inequality' in this type of discussion necessitates distinguishing between income inequality and opportunity inequality.

To save time arguing over some of the ambiguities, you can append the word 'fairness' to terms like 'income' and 'wealth distribution' - ie 'income fairness', 'wealth distribution fairness'.

It is time to push back.....REAL HARD!

Founding Fathers of the John Birch Society. Sons of bigamist, poker player, oil man and billionaire HL Hunt. And yes they are characters from the series Dallas.

Billionaires who sold their oil to North Vietnam during the Vietnamese Military action. And we stopped bombing the harbors when their ships came in under a foreign flag.

Caught in the 80s and fined for manipulating and destabilizing the world silver market and not paying taxes and declared bankruptcy.

Involved in oil fields in Libya and Iraq. Their oil deal with the Kurds of Northern Iraq threatened to destabilize the newly formed Iraqi government. Conservative political activists and major Supporters of the Bush Family

Recently have remade their billions on the Bakken Oil fields in North Dakota.

I read years ago about how they repeatedly stole oil revenues from their poorer neighbors living on tribal land and were repeatedly caught. On the third time in court the judge asked why they kept trying to cheat them out of their oil revenues. One of the brothers responded that they were entitled to any money they could take from anyone. This is a good way to get a sense of at least some of the 1%. Entitled psychopaths.

and found there is little and, in any case, easily rolled. It is more concerned with consolidation of power and assets than with a nattering buzz in its ear.

if we get rid of the legendary 1%, we will not suddenly eliminate inequality.

The top 24% get far more of the pie than the bottom 50% do. In fact, they get more than the bottom 75% do.

That is, the top 25% without the top 1%.