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Jaundice James

(262 posts) Thu Oct 18, 2012, 12:12 AM Oct 2012

Vending Machine America

They’re selling us vending machines.

That’s all they’re doing.

I hope you know.

And people wonder why the gap grows — why wealth is disappearing out of the middle class. What were once good services, that we enjoyed, have now turned into nothing more than vending machines.

http://jaundicejames.com/2012/10/17/vending-machine-america/

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Vending Machine America (Original Post) Jaundice James Oct 2012 OP

Good article. TDale313 Oct 2012 #1

TDale313

(7,820 posts)

1. Good article.

Reply to Jaundice James (Original post)

Thu Oct 18, 2012, 12:23 AM

Oct 2012

Which I'm reading on my Nook tablet- definitely a "vending machine", although one I absolutely love.

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