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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 10:23 AM Original message |
It's really this simple... the rich benefit more from our stable regulated |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
1. Yeah, its to their greater benefit that our infrastructure works and has no pot holes too... |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
2. The rich aren't brilliant. They just have rich Dads (and gardener DNA) |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
3. yep |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
4. I like the sentiment, but it's a bit of a bomb-thrower stance. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 11:08 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. It stabilizes society so the engines of commerce can operate. |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 11:16 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Among other engines. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
5. Police and fire don't protect poor people? |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 11:11 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. I didn't say that, I said they stabilize society... |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 11:59 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Ever live in a shitty neighborhood? |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 01:04 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. that wasn't the point and I have lived in shitty neighborhoods.... |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 01:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. k |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 04:35 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. I feel exactly the same way.... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
6. This is essentially Warren Buffett's argument against repealing the estate tax |
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BuelahWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
7. k&r (for what it's worth) |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
8. Just compare the security and freedom of a rich person living in the US |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 11:16 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. To be fair, when that happens to genuinely rich people |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 11:18 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. that is ridiculous and untrue...hearst not in the papers? getty not in the papers? |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 12:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. You have two examples from the 1970s. |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
14. That is certainly true... |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
17. And the inheritance tax should be dramatically increased. |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
20. So it's impossible to get rich in Brazil? |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 04:29 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. It's a hell of a lot easier to get rich here and keep your money.... |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 04:38 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. I'm confused about what you're advocating |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 04:56 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. I never once said that the poor were getting shafted.... |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
21. Welfare systems are there to help rich people accumulate wealth? |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 04:24 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. That's not the major intent but it sure is a by product.... |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 04:39 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. So if the rich advocate welfare just so they can get richer |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 04:52 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I never said they were sane people did I... |
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