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dawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 09:09 AM Original message |
All of this is totally unnecessary. |
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jdlh8894 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
1. He is asking you to settle for less so that someone else can have more. Don't be fooled. |
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Mugweed (939 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 09:42 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. You're asked to eat your peas |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 11:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. +1 |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 11:08 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Inflation causes the dollar to go less far than it did. |
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AmBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 11:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
26. Umm... excuse me, but we're not being "asked." |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
2. It boils down to having a long discussion in America--WHAT |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 09:52 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Do you want a country that helps people trying to get ahead... |
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dawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 10:13 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Ultimately, the people should decide what kind of country they want to have. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
4. The discussion Obama should be pushing is how to make social security and medicare more beneficial |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
5. "The United States is richer than it has ever been." |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 10:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. Deleted message |
Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 11:39 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Dear, dear me. People like Bernie Sanders saved this |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
8. I'm perfectly willing to reduce my income to $50k a year, if Bill Gates will do the same. |
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dawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 10:25 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I would never want to give the fat cats that much of a haircut. |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 06:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. And if you raised everyone else to 50k |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
9. Yes - its not the volume, it the distribution that's the problem |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 09:42 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Example |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 10:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I think of wages as a better example |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 10:17 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. No doubt |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
11. k&r for the truth. n/t |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
13. Remember, Sir: Per Capita Includes Everyone.... |
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Dragonfli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
14. "and a rich prince said 'let them eat peas' and lo the people were forced to ask, 'but how can I |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 01:59 PM Response to Reply #14 |
32. LOL |
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Dragonfli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 07:00 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I am not the one that is telling a shrinking workforce with ever lowering wages "let them eat peas" |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
18. It's probably grown up because the plutocrat 1% got 100 times more |
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Zax2me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
19. Ha! Fed spending increased 21% last 2 years alone. Simple. |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 10:53 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Is that you Ron Paul? |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 11:06 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Wow - in "talking points per-post" that's a pretty good one |
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Go2Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-25-11 11:12 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. "chase them (the rich) overseas"? Right, where will they go? Every modern country has progressive |
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dawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 01:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
31. Are you serious? |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 04:33 AM Response to Original message |
28. Excellent post, blatantly and shamelessly reposted. Thanks. n/t |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 05:41 AM Response to Original message |
29. Here's another data source that's pretty awesome, IMO... |
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socialindependocrat (379 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 06:58 AM Response to Original message |
30. wHY NOT REDUCE MONEY TO INSURANCE COMPANIES AND HOSPITALS |
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