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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 04:31 PM Original message |
The 1%ers are less likely to be bankers... |
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LAGC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. That does it. From now on, we're the 99.9% dammit! |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 04:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. You're making me feel like Ivory Soap. |
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Jim Warren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
2. And why the true top 1% |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 06:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. Wrong |
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Jim Warren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 07:25 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. The real 1% |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
4. charts |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 04:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Thanks...my iPhone can't do that. |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 05:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. The 99% does the heavy lifting, the 1% gets the goods. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 05:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Of maybe it's the Chinese 99%. |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
6. Is it just me or is this not about indiv. rich people? |
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EdMaven (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
9. "the vast majority of the wealth held by the 1% doesn’t come from income, but from ...investments." |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 05:52 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Well the people don't want investments...look at the arguments against privatization! |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 06:09 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. If you don't have money, it is too risky. "Risk" is just a minor annoyance to the rich |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 06:49 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. How Much Risk Does It Take To Buy a Government? |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 06:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. For me, the lesson of this article is that the 99% just don't get it- Two types of wealth, income... |
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EdMaven (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 07:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. what "investments"? The top 1% own 70% of them. They let you into the pool so they can steal your |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 08:17 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. What if they had put the "surplus" into investments instead of government bonds? |
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EdMaven (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 08:32 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. so i can put you down in favor of nationalized businesses, then? |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 09:07 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Lots of countries have investment funds. |
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EdMaven (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 12:33 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Do lots of countries put the people's retirement money into their sovereign funds? |
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lunasun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 06:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. They dont work or run businesses -lapdogs do that for them and those earn income for most part |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
11. Right. They are primarily investors. |
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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
20. This is called missing the point, I think. |
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