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45. You mean the rich people who buy media and forcefeed horseshit down our

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Mon Feb 25, 2013, 05:45 PM

Feb 2013

throats day in and day out? Those wealthiest people?

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Wealthy disagree with most Americans about income policies [View all] HiPointDem Feb 2013 OP

French Revolution anyone? sadbear Feb 2013 #1

The 1% have enough cake, thank you very much! Moostache Feb 2013 #66

Hell yes. Veilex Feb 2013 #67

du rec. nt xchrom Feb 2013 #2

"Since they pay a lot of taxes"????? HughBeaumont Feb 2013 #3

They do pay a lot in taxes - 36-38% of govt revenue comes from the wealthiest 10% baldguy Feb 2013 #7

And they also pay a lower overall percentage of their income. JoePhilly Feb 2013 #10

That's the ones that pay taxes at all nxylas Feb 2013 #64

Of course they pay a lot of taxes. They have more income. LiberalFighter Feb 2013 #15

actually they pay a slightly higher percent of the taxes than they get of the income hfojvt Feb 2013 #20

Well I'm well aware of the costs of their fucking tax breaks. Autumn Feb 2013 #4

Got that right. MichiganVote Feb 2013 #54

K&R - Here's another quote from the article: PETRUS Feb 2013 #5

Bread and Circuses, that's all Puzzledtraveller Feb 2013 #6

The issue is not what the wealthest think. Lochloosa Feb 2013 #8

except that in 2008 hfojvt Feb 2013 #22

You are wrong. There never was 60 Democrats in the Senate in '08. Stop spreading that LIE. Thanks. Lochloosa Feb 2013 #28

technically they did hfojvt Feb 2013 #36

But you will here the nonsense about Lieberman. Lochloosa Feb 2013 #41

probably no more so than Baucus or the Nelson twins hfojvt Feb 2013 #42

Well lets look more closely at your John2 Feb 2013 #53

Democrats Didn't Have 60 In Senate Very Long DallasNE Feb 2013 #59

They got theirs and screw anyone else trying to get the crumbs. hobbit709 Feb 2013 #9

Hell - they don't want you to get your hands on the crumbs, either! SnowCritter Feb 2013 #11

+290 Angry Dragon Feb 2013 #14

So, even though they can see the evidence of what austerity has done... prairierose Feb 2013 #12

"Are these very wealthy any use in our society at all?" = good question. HiPointDem Feb 2013 #32

I thought later that I should have added..... prairierose Feb 2013 #51

No, we'd be much better off without them. undergroundpanther Feb 2013 #52

k&r Starry Messenger Feb 2013 #13

Let "you people"--the poor--eat cake AndyA Feb 2013 #16

and watch the Oscars Puzzledtraveller Feb 2013 #18

Give it a rest. WinkyDink Feb 2013 #31

....... Puzzledtraveller Feb 2013 #34

Most Americans live with personal debt. They can make a living while managing debt. The wealthy DhhD Feb 2013 #17

The wealthy OWN the fucking national debt. Jackpine Radical Feb 2013 #65

I Disagree Sharply With What Benjamin Page Concludes DallasNE Feb 2013 #19

There is no maximum to what you pay for Medicare. It taxes your entire income. dkf Feb 2013 #25

Stop Nitpicking DallasNE Feb 2013 #29

Correcting a major misstatement is not nitpicking mainer Feb 2013 #38

Good Lord DallasNE Feb 2013 #40

Wrong again. Medicare tax 2.9 percent mainer Feb 2013 #43

Do You Agree With What Page Claimed DallasNE Feb 2013 #60

What the wealthy are worried about is that Smilo Feb 2013 #21

The wealthy sure don't care about the national debt when they're getting a tax cut Yavin4 Feb 2013 #23

Wealthy disagree with pretty much everything on the face of the earth about income policies. raouldukelives Feb 2013 #24

You know this is probably how the average Greek felt. dkf Feb 2013 #26

I think that if you will never go hungry EVER nor have to try to live without a home Dragonfli Feb 2013 #47

a comment that was always wrong, and never more so now DonCoquixote Feb 2013 #61

Like we give a fuck about what you fucking rich assholes think! L0oniX Feb 2013 #27

Gee, the greedy agree with the greedy. WinkyDink Feb 2013 #30

whowould have guessed? sarcasm ashling Feb 2013 #33

Having had to tolerate my share of the wealthy and their spawn, trust fund brats, Cleita Feb 2013 #35

Gee, I can't imagine why they would feel that way. Go figure (nt) AnnieK401 Feb 2013 #37

"The very rich are different from you and me!" LongTomH Feb 2013 #39

"yes, they have more money" = ernest hemingway HiPointDem Feb 2013 #44

Here's the actual source of the quote. Hint: It's not from Papa Hemingway LongTomH Feb 2013 #46

... HiPointDem Feb 2013 #58

You mean the rich people who buy media and forcefeed horseshit down our valerief Feb 2013 #45

wish I had the money the spent on this study... dtom67 Feb 2013 #48

Greedy rich SOB Pakid Feb 2013 #49

"I got mine, yer on yer own" syndrome. Ruby the Liberal Feb 2013 #50

Surprised they care about anything actually, other than their bank statements that is. MichiganVote Feb 2013 #55

I really don't give a flying fuck about what they think. alfredo Feb 2013 #56

That's like saying masters and slaves view slavery differently. JVS Feb 2013 #57

non story daybranch Feb 2013 #62

The desires of the wealthy seem very similar to those of the republican party. mwb970 Feb 2013 #63

Not suprising obama2terms Feb 2013 #68

"36 percent of the top 1 percent favor cutting back on Social Security" DaveJ Feb 2013 #69