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LETS BE CLEAR... (Original Post) yuiyoshida Oct 2015 OP
Kickety kick kick. Scuba Oct 2015 #1
thank you yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #3
This is - ruffburr Oct 2015 #2
Indeed... yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #5
Rec for truth workinclasszero Oct 2015 #4
Thanks yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #6
Huge K and R! geardaddy Oct 2015 #7
Thank you sir.. yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #8
Clear and true suffragette Oct 2015 #9
Thanks! yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #13
K&R..... daleanime Oct 2015 #10
Thanks! yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #15
Kick and Rec for TRUTH! BlueCaliDem Oct 2015 #11
Yup! yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #16
WHY WHY WHY is this so hard to understand? Fast Walker 52 Oct 2015 #12
Its not a concept yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #17
K&R ismnotwasm Oct 2015 #14
Thank you so very much! yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #18
That speaks the truth. Unknown Beatle Oct 2015 #19
you're welcome yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #21
FDR in 42 called for a maximon wage Ichingcarpenter Oct 2015 #20
Thanks for this.. yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #22
Income inequality is only part of the problem passiveporcupine Oct 2015 #26
Saveworthy. nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2015 #23
it is! yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #34
True. True. True. Thanks for posting this. JDPriestly Oct 2015 #24
Yes Yes Yes! yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #36
Truer words have never been spoken Plucketeer Oct 2015 #25
something our Representatives yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #38
Does Bernie support homegirl Oct 2015 #89
He does nt Plucketeer Oct 2015 #92
kick'd and rec'd lunatica Oct 2015 #27
Hey thanks yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #39
Awesome!, yuiyoshida! Dont call me Shirley Oct 2015 #28
I thought it was too... yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #40
Kick and R BeanMusical Oct 2015 #29
Ty!! yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #41
Super K & R! DrBulldog Oct 2015 #30
super thank you yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #42
YES! brush Oct 2015 #31
for sure! yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #43
Yes. GoneFishin Oct 2015 #32
absolutely! yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #44
That totally overlooks the fact that the most important thing in the world valerief Oct 2015 #33
They should be yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #45
I agree. I was just being sarcastic. Well, sort of. Because making rich people richer valerief Oct 2015 #48
Sadly true but yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #49
They buy Congress members to write the loopholes! nt valerief Oct 2015 #93
K&R! This post deserves hundreds of recommendations! Enthusiast Oct 2015 #35
awe your sweet yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #46
This is a fundamental truth me b zola Oct 2015 #37
Its funny you use a pirate flag... yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #47
K&R! napkinz Oct 2015 #50
sannnnkyooooooooooo very much! yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #58
proud to be the one to make it 50! napkinz Oct 2015 #91
We need to restore the balance Babel_17 Oct 2015 #51
agree n nice yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #59
I agree and that's why I won't support candidates that are supported by those rhett o rick Oct 2015 #52
Yes in deed! yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #60
Lets be clear. bvar22 Oct 2015 #53
sound like a plan! yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #61
!Exactly! MerryBlooms Oct 2015 #54
heh.. a truck load..love it yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #62
K&R hay rick Oct 2015 #55
Thanks! yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #63
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Oct 2015 #56
thanks for the K&R Uncle Joe yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #64
Yes, let's be clear.. K & R mountain grammy Oct 2015 #57
As clear as rainwater... yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #65
K&R GeoWilliam750 Oct 2015 #66
thanks yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #68
Yep! Lunabell Oct 2015 #67
uhuh! yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #69
Kokumin Nenkin, Roujin Kenkou Hoken wo herasuna! Art_from_Ark Oct 2015 #70
Sore wa sodeatte wa narimasen yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #71
Thanks alfredo Oct 2015 #72
thank you yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #75
Our candidates need to start communicating this n/t BuelahWitch Oct 2015 #73
This yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #76
Debate: Read what Hillary said about Social Security v e r y carefully. antigop Oct 2015 #74
Lets be Clearer, You must think this post is about falling on one side or the other. yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #77
what people need to be clear about is where politicians stand on the issue. nt antigop Oct 2015 #78
Yes, so take it to GP: Primaries... yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #79
it's more than just a primary issue. There's a history that people need to understand. antigop Oct 2015 #80
You obviously have not read the rules... yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #81
Simple, to the point, and deserving Lifelong Protester Oct 2015 #82
Thanks yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #83
K & R. The Real Truth! Thank you a bunch! appalachiablue Oct 2015 #84
Thankyou yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #86
The problem is that many Americans don't care tabasco Oct 2015 #85
Depends on the community yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #87
Well, I thought the topic was Social Security and Medicare, tabasco Oct 2015 #88
when has it been when yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #90
Ditch the Rich aspirant Oct 2015 #94
They would certainly yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #95
kick napkinz Oct 2015 #96
How did I miss this thread? A belated K&R Fumesucker Oct 2015 #97

Unknown Beatle

(2,672 posts)
19. That speaks the truth.
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 02:27 PM
Oct 2015

Something the repugs know about but they just don't care about the 99%. All they care about are their masters, the 1%.

Thanks, Yui.

Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts)
20. FDR in 42 called for a maximon wage
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 02:29 PM
Oct 2015

How About a Maximum Wage? : Taxation: F.D.R. wanted to cap incomes of the wealthy--an idea whose time may have come again.




http://articles.latimes.com/1992-04-08/local/me-457_1_maximum-wage

passiveporcupine

(8,175 posts)
26. Income inequality is only part of the problem
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 03:14 PM
Oct 2015

Concentration of wealth is a big part of it, and according to Picketty's data, wealth grows faster than economic output, so balancing wages alone will never control the inequality of wealth. We need a way to prevent an increase in both. So what? Capital gains tax increases may be part of it. Estate taxes can be used to alleviate some of it.

Minimum and Maximum wages could possibly work together to help with the aspect of income inequality.

Mr Piketty reckons, the importance of wealth in modern economies is approaching levels last seen before the first world war.

http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2014/05/economist-explains
 

Plucketeer

(12,882 posts)
25. Truer words have never been spoken
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 03:13 PM
Oct 2015

But UNTIL we focus on getting money out of politics, such proposals do not matter. They're just symptoms of the greater disease.

valerief

(53,235 posts)
33. That totally overlooks the fact that the most important thing in the world
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 05:32 PM
Oct 2015

is to make rich people richer, so taking money from them makes them less rich, which is the worst thing in the world to do. Cuz freedumb.

yuiyoshida

(41,764 posts)
45. They should be
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 06:01 PM
Oct 2015

Taxed appropriately and with what is fair. Most of them won't even miss it, as they rake in
large sums of money every day. They need to pay their fair share.

valerief

(53,235 posts)
48. I agree. I was just being sarcastic. Well, sort of. Because making rich people richer
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 06:07 PM
Oct 2015

REALLY DOES drive everything in this world. It doesn't make sense and it's not fair, but it's a sad truth. And people go to war and lose life and limb just to make rich people richer.

yuiyoshida

(41,764 posts)
49. Sadly true but
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 06:13 PM
Oct 2015

the Rich have been having their attorneys find loopholes so they wouldn't have to pay any taxes. What was it? GE? General Electric, who didn't have to pay a thing this year? That's a total right there...

me b zola

(19,053 posts)
37. This is a fundamental truth
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 05:55 PM
Oct 2015

The question is, do (wealthy) people not understand this or do they not care?

yuiyoshida

(41,764 posts)
47. Its funny you use a pirate flag...
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 06:04 PM
Oct 2015

Most Rich people are like pirates, getting all the booty, and sharing it among fellow
pirates...other poor people? Not so much. This isn't Robin Hood, not in the least! Than...
I should talk..Imma Raiders Fan!

Babel_17

(5,400 posts)
51. We need to restore the balance
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 08:01 PM
Oct 2015

It's great that we have a robust class of millionaires and billionaires, and that businesses are free to pursue profit. But that has to be in accord with our society being a fair one, one in balance ...

 

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
52. I agree and that's why I won't support candidates that are supported by those
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 08:52 PM
Oct 2015

"wealthiest Americans."

If you honestly agree with the above, you best choice is Sen Sanders that isn't beholden to those "wealthiest Americans" that need to be taxed.

bvar22

(39,909 posts)
53. Lets be clear.
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 08:56 PM
Oct 2015

Thousands of people have died in the Red States that did NOT expand Medicaid,
yet the Democratic Party is SILENT about this.

I would spend whatever it took to wall paper these states will Billboards, and a death count clock, that tells the people of these states exactly what has happened.


This year XXXXX number of people residing in your state DIED because YOUR Republicans refused to accept FREE MONEY from the government to help them.

If you had a Democratic government in your state, every single one of them could have gone to a doctor.

When RICH people get sick, they go to a doctor.
You could do that too if with a Democratic Governor.


I wonder WHY the Democratic Party Leadership does NOT keep a running total of the number of Americans the Republicans have killed this year.
I would make it a daily update, and announce it to the American People every day.

yuiyoshida

(41,764 posts)
77. Lets be Clearer, You must think this post is about falling on one side or the other.
Sat Oct 24, 2015, 11:43 AM
Oct 2015

Its not. THIS message is for Democrats whoever they are... Omally, Clinton, Sanders, etc. You obviously think this is agenda driven by one candidate only.. IN that you are incorrect. And if you were correct, this posting would be in GP: Primaries and locked here.

antigop

(12,778 posts)
80. it's more than just a primary issue. There's a history that people need to understand.
Sat Oct 24, 2015, 12:24 PM
Oct 2015
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251716682

eta: If people are truly concerned about Social Security, they need to understand history.
 

tabasco

(22,974 posts)
85. The problem is that many Americans don't care
Sat Oct 24, 2015, 12:34 PM
Oct 2015

until it affects them personally. IMO, overpopulation has caused people to care less about their fellow men. We don't need each other and we have too many more people. Therefore, other people become strangers and enemies.

 

tabasco

(22,974 posts)
88. Well, I thought the topic was Social Security and Medicare,
Sat Oct 24, 2015, 12:46 PM
Oct 2015

which implicates the entire citizenry of the U.S.

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