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Sun Aug 26, 2012, 11:12 AM

Zoeisright (8,010 posts)

24. HUGE rec and kick. And please send this to Rachel Maddow.

She'd interview you.

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65 replies	Author	Time	Post
So proud of this response to a Romney supporting friend of mine.... [View all]	renie408	Aug 2012	OP
Nicely done. Thanks for posting.	Scuba	Aug 2012	#1
Thanks!	renie408	Aug 2012	#2
I read a historian did a survey of Rome to calculate the wealth gap because it was a major	roguevalley	Aug 2012	#50
It's cheesy to kick your own thread, but I am excited about this because...	renie408	Aug 2012	#3
Well, I'm a cheesy person anyway, so	Jackpine Radical	Aug 2012	#11
Thanks this cleans up my tongue wagging lol	Heather MC	Aug 2012	#49
Your parable about the Pasha hit it perfectly. n/t	tech3149	Aug 2012	#4
I heard it on NPR the other day about technological advances and it struck me that it	renie408	Aug 2012	#5
K&R nt	avebury	Aug 2012	#6
Beautiful.	drm604	Aug 2012	#7
Sure! That's why I shared it.	renie408	Aug 2012	#9
Just out of curiosity, what is his argument for the GOP? Does he actually believe in	coalition_unwilling	Aug 2012	#14
He believes that he is worse off now than he was four years ago. Period.	renie408	Aug 2012	#15
Just Yesterday- Same argument	Zoonart	Aug 2012	#18
When they are old and in need of care remember how they treated you	Kyad06	Aug 2012	#31
Boy can I relate to your situtation....	Yooperman	Aug 2012	#54
Your friend sounds like someone who has to work for a living and whom the	coalition_unwilling	Aug 2012	#21
Exactly.	renie408	Aug 2012	#33
Well spoken!	Ferretherder	Aug 2012	#8
You might remind them that...	sofa king	Aug 2012	#10
I have tried for weeks to both link higher taxes to	renie408	Aug 2012	#13
Maybe another way to put it is...	sofa king	Aug 2012	#16
K&R!	smirkymonkey	Aug 2012	#12
wow	heaven05	Aug 2012	#17
K&R&B	pamela	Aug 2012	#19
How quickly this scenario will play out if Rmoney and repigs get elected this round	nightscanner59	Aug 2012	#20
Nice-- but to put very succintly, if you hoard cats or newspapers	NoMoreWarNow	Aug 2012	#22
Spot on...	Smilo	Aug 2012	#35
You should publish this	Richard D	Aug 2012	#23
^^^ EXCELLENT IDEA ^^^	Care Acutely	Aug 2012	#57
HUGE rec and kick. And please send this to Rachel Maddow.	Zoeisright	Aug 2012	#24
And Lawrence O'Donnell	Casandia	Aug 2012	#59
love this, great arguments I intend to steal. Fair use and all. n/t	Hamlette	Aug 2012	#25
Growing richer simply for having wealth, without actually producing or providing any thing, is...	NYC_SKP	Aug 2012	#26
love it... things need to be explained gently and in simple terms for our right sided friends....	trailmonkee	Aug 2012	#27
..about the Pasha parable...	ewagner	Aug 2012	#28
I was using it more for the math involved...something can start out small	renie408	Aug 2012	#29
I know	ewagner	Aug 2012	#38
Great! Send it to Paul Krugman and see what he says!?	DippyDem	Aug 2012	#30
Excellent, excellent response.	valerief	Aug 2012	#32
Give yourself a hearty pat on the back.	asjr	Aug 2012	#34
WOW! You are rightfully proud of that.	beac	Aug 2012	#36
Absolutely superb!	SnowCritter	Aug 2012	#37
Another thing that needs to be pointed out	GETPLANING	Aug 2012	#39
renie, would you mind if I post some of this to my Facebook page?	kag	Aug 2012	#40
Please, I would be proud!	renie408	Aug 2012	#41
renie, I have published a brief excerpt to my blog page.	mac56	Aug 2012	#61
This is the first thread I've ever bookmarked...	Moonwalk	Aug 2012	#42
Awesomeness. Hope it enlightens a few people.	freshwest	Aug 2012	#43
That's great! You should write an editorial	Aeroette	Aug 2012	#44
Kudos for arguing with your farrier. I would not have the guts	AllyCat	Aug 2012	#45
K&R (n/t)	a2liberal	Aug 2012	#46
very, very good	Angry Dragon	Aug 2012	#47
well done	handmade34	Aug 2012	#48
I like this very much, because you are explaining something that a lot of people don't understand.	patrice	Aug 2012	#51
Excellent! You explained one part of the problem very very well.. cudos!	Yooperman	Aug 2012	#52
It is a lot more than 2.7% if you go back to 1980 when things started getting out of whack	indie9197	Aug 2012	#53
Good, but long. I have something way shorter	eridani	Aug 2012	#55
Yeah, that's pretty much how I started out...	renie408	Aug 2012	#62
You mean he just ignored you when you said "Why is investment punishment?"	eridani	Aug 2012	#63
He seemed to consider the long version.	renie408	Aug 2012	#64
An exception to the rule. It's good that at least some of them are rational n/t	eridani	Aug 2012	#65
Very nice!	Le Taz Hot	Aug 2012	#56
Kick. Such a brilliant argument. :) NT	Grown2Hate	Aug 2012	#58
Great argument. You all might like "Progress and Poverty" by Henry George.	reformist2	Aug 2012	#60

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