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bluestate10

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45. All of something adds up to 100%. I don't dispute economic inequity, it most be eliminated.

Sat Feb 23, 2013, 02:09 AM

Feb 2013

But people of our side can't be throwing out numbers that don't make sense. 121% of something exists only in the deepest fantasy recesses of some people's minds.

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The Richest 1 Percent Have Captured 121 Percent Of Income Gains During The Recovery [View all] Fumesucker Feb 2013 OP

What's even more depressing than this news deutsey Feb 2013 #1

Without a President committed to the middle class it could have been way worse! nt Bonobo Feb 2013 #2

<blink> Fumesucker Feb 2013 #5

Like I been telling people who complain about the rise in the cost of living-- Jackpine Radical Feb 2013 #27

Who cares? Cal Carpenter Feb 2013 #3

Boy did I get my ass kicked around for expressing similar thoughts. Jackpine Radical Feb 2013 #28

Well you can't offend the Third Wayers around here........ socialist_n_TN Feb 2013 #35

The "Recovery" made 99% of America poorer kenny blankenship Feb 2013 #41

There is a simple reason they aren't "all over it"........ socialist_n_TN Feb 2013 #42

I'm sorry.... but AlbertCat Feb 2013 #4

I did put this quote in the OP Fumesucker Feb 2013 #6

Someone who can't be bothered to read past headlines... TheMadMonk Feb 2013 #13

Someone who can't be bothered to read past headlines... AlbertCat Feb 2013 #16

"Math is hard" -Barbie Fumesucker Feb 2013 #17

"Math is hard" -Barbie AlbertCat Feb 2013 #18

Yes, the 1% got it all of the gains and then some Fumesucker Feb 2013 #20

If you have $100 to your name and the bill to fix your car comes to $121 AlbertCat Feb 2013 #22

Percentages over 100 are used a lot in math heavy subjects like engineering Fumesucker Feb 2013 #30

This is not engineering AlbertCat Feb 2013 #31

they got all the gains, plus some of what *you* already had. your loss they also gained. + HiPointDem Feb 2013 #47

"then it goes on like a math word problem.... who wants to read any further?" redqueen Feb 2013 #21

This is a seriously fucking depressing thread. AlbertCat Feb 2013 #23

You misunderstand the problem. redqueen Feb 2013 #24

It is this kind of lack of critical thinking skills, or even the faintest intellectual curiosity AlbertCat Feb 2013 #32

You Could Reach That Number By Confiscating The Wealth Lost By The Losers TheMastersNemesis Feb 2013 #26

Your reply and arguments are a perfect example of how this happened. n/t Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #34

Why did we think it would be differet this time around? Puzzledtraveller Feb 2013 #7

Without major economic re-organization Cal Carpenter Feb 2013 #11

Government can't force businesses to create opportunity. DaveJ Feb 2013 #8

Agree. So GOVERNMENT should create opportunity....... socialist_n_TN Feb 2013 #36

So infuriating! libtodeath Feb 2013 #9

du rec. nt xchrom Feb 2013 #10

Priorities, we haz them. raouldukelives Feb 2013 #12

How is it possible for the 1 percent to capture more than all of the nation’s income gains? G_j Feb 2013 #14

This is exactly why laundry_queen Feb 2013 #15

Gotta return the narrative to the 1% versus the 99%. It appears that is the only way these problems Fire Walk With Me Feb 2013 #19

"Economic recovery in the US actually made 99% of Americans poorer, kenny blankenship Feb 2013 #25

So depressing. TDale313 Feb 2013 #29

K&R woo me with science Feb 2013 #33

But of fucking course. lonestarnot Feb 2013 #37

Saw that, got pissed upi402 Feb 2013 #38

kick woo me with science Feb 2013 #39

kick woo me with science Feb 2013 #40

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Kick woo me with science Feb 2013 #44

All of something adds up to 100%. I don't dispute economic inequity, it most be eliminated. bluestate10 Feb 2013 #45

I suppose if you are innumerate that doesn't make sense Fumesucker Feb 2013 #46

The 1% got 121% of the total gains, because the rest of us 99% lost 21% of those gains. reformist2 Feb 2013 #48