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edhopper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-11 08:24 PM
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The Rich want to live in Third World Countries
with First World Services.

They are getting their dream.
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Historic NY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-11 08:37 PM
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1. Well they said it would be service jobs that survive...press on slaves.
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drpepper67 Donating Member (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-11 10:09 PM
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7. Better to be a big fish in a little pond
than a little fish in a big pond....
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The_Casual_Observer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-11 08:48 PM
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2. 3rd world countries are big on gated communites, exclusive
clubs & golf courses, big cars with blacked out windows, high walls & no middle class. Sound familiar?
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Historic NY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-11 09:05 PM
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3. Cemeteries?
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DBoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-11 09:28 PM
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5. concertina wire on the high walls
private security forces hired by the wealthy

outside the high walls, the poor beg and steal for their livelihoods
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jimmyflint Donating Member (239 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-11 09:07 PM
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4. I agree.
They will do whatever it takes to destroy wages here. When outsourcing and offshoring aren't enough they import cheaper labor.
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Sarah Ibarruri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-11 09:35 PM
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6. That pretty much sums it up. nt
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7wo7rees Donating Member (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-11 10:34 PM
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8. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.

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