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AlbertCat

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15. C'mon people! Who cares about this????

Reply to Melinda (Original post)

Mon Dec 3, 2012, 11:17 PM

Dec 2012

Don't you know there's a BLACK MAN in the White House????

What are we gonna do????

(do I need this?)

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Corporate Profits Hit Record High While Worker Wages Hit Record Low [View all] Melinda Dec 2012 OP

Rinse, repeat Cal Carpenter Dec 2012 #1

So much for the trickle-down theory Ya Basta Dec 2012 #2

Four decades of steady decline. Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #3

Indeed... I've been thinking the same thing for years now. Melinda Dec 2012 #4

Agreed Sherman A1 Dec 2012 #28

It apparently isnt bad enough to get the Republicans out of Congress. nm rhett o rick Dec 2012 #5

Excellent graphic dreamnightwind Dec 2012 #6

Same shit, different year. More for them less for us. Initech Dec 2012 #7

THIS ^^^^ is the single Most Important Post on DU... bvar22 Dec 2012 #8

Truth-Out: Five Facts About America's Pathological Wealth Distribution Melinda Dec 2012 #10

Neato! Our distribution is worse than countries with Sultans and kings. TheKentuckian Dec 2012 #14

Senator Wellstone! sheshe2 Dec 2012 #11

Amen. nt woo me with science Dec 2012 #12

But that's OK.... kentuck Dec 2012 #9

This graph is a talking point all by itself... MrMickeysMom Dec 2012 #13

C'mon people! Who cares about this???? AlbertCat Dec 2012 #15

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Dec 2012 #16

Movie "Idiocracy"-everybody lived on corporate dividends ErikJ Dec 2012 #17

There is something inherently obscene when the electorate returns the likes of indepat Dec 2012 #18

What happened around 1970? moondust Dec 2012 #19

Inflation started kicking into high gear around 1971, Art_from_Ark Dec 2012 #22

Wouldn't inflation affect corporate profits as well? moondust Dec 2012 #23

Inflation meant higher corporate profits in actual dollar terms Art_from_Ark Dec 2012 #24

Thanks Art. moondust Dec 2012 #25

I should add that Great Society programs, Art_from_Ark Dec 2012 #26

What happened in 1970 - 1972 was OPEC and what we now call the Too Big To Fail banks. Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #27

this should be on the front page of every newspaper. joeunderdog Dec 2012 #20

The Bush years tell the story---WOW young_at_heart Dec 2012 #21

See no evil...etc. progressoid Dec 2012 #35

kr. HiPointDem Dec 2012 #29

I keep wondering marions ghost Dec 2012 #30

People will put up with it until they are starving davidn3600 Dec 2012 #31

I guess that's how marions ghost Dec 2012 #34

It took a Great Depression just to get the New Deal enacted into law. Selatius Dec 2012 #32

For some people marions ghost Dec 2012 #33

Thank GAWD it passed! nt Romulox Dec 2012 #36