With two wars going on, if wealthy won't put blood on the line, how about cash...

HardWorkingDem

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Sun Nov-14-10 04:09 PM
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With two wars going on, if wealthy won't put blood on the line, how about cash...

The other day I read a piece were some solider was on his 12th deployment. 12.

What I want to know is, if these rich people won't put their blood on the line, then how about their goddamned money.

Why don't we see some of these people admitting they don't need a goddamned tax extension and just forgo it. Also, why the fuck don't some establishment Democrats in Washington put this same question to these people?

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Xipe Totec

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Sun Nov-14-10 04:22 PM
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1. The rich are more than willing to put blood on the line

Yours, that is.

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Scuba

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Sun Nov-14-10 05:37 PM
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8. Yeah, while they rake in your cash.

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Jack Sprat

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Sun Nov-14-10 04:22 PM
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2. This defies all logic

Although the mega corporations are included in the group of 2% and undoubtedly don't care about America, the individual wealthier Americans making over 250K do likely care about the nation's fiscal health. This is a suicidal idea and everyone knows it, regardless of income group. This is plain politics without regard to responsible governing. It is astonishing, knowing the spending cuts that are being recommended which will most definitely affect the lower income people the most. It is insane.

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sally cat

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Sun Nov-14-10 04:37 PM
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3. End tax cuts, extend the wars!

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OneGrassRoot

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Sun Nov-14-10 04:39 PM
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4. Wish there was a way to reach these wealthy people....

to see what they're DOING, if anything, about this issue that is now front and center.

http://www.faireconomy.org/issues/responsible_wealth

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old mark

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Sun Nov-14-10 04:41 PM
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5. A very few of the ultra rich DO risk their own blood - John Walton, yes of the WalMart

Waltons, enlisted in the Army and became a Special Forces Medic in Vietnam. He saved many lives, won a Silver Star and Army Commendation Medal among other awards. He was killed in a flying accident in 2005.

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_T._Walton

I have trouble with blanket accusations, even on the ultra rich, but I also have trouble finding many more like John T. Walton as a good example.
He was a real individual.

mark

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stray cat

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Sun Nov-14-10 05:27 PM
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6. How many here have actually put anything on the line?

I know there are a few but many like myself can not claim any self-righteous podium based on sacrifice

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dkf

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Sun Nov-14-10 05:32 PM
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7. I've done nothing...I even got a tax break.

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applegrove

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Sun Nov-14-10 09:41 PM
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9. The idea of sacrifice has totally disappeared. I once went onto a conservative

forum and asked them what they had been asked to sacrifice during this time of war. They got all confused. It hadn't occurred to them to give something up to 'get' something. Bill Maher was right in his new rules this week.

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