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MannyGoldstein

(34,589 posts)
19. Because our country is owned by a small group, determined
Mon Jul 8, 2013, 01:49 PM
Jul 2013

to wrest every last morsel from the rest of us.

They have succeeded quite well, to date.

"They have no vision, and when there is no vision the people perish." CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2013 #1
FDR was quite something! MannyGoldstein Jul 2013 #2
Will we ever have a chance to vote for someone like Roosevelt again? lark Jul 2013 #10
We have to hope that we will have that chance. If not it's all over for the 99%-ers totodeinhere Jul 2013 #14
That's my dream lark Jul 2013 #15
Warren/Grayson? Wouldn't that be fantastic? n/t totodeinhere Jul 2013 #17
Yes, that would be worth working for. And we should pick the cabinet members sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #26
Franklin was of course quoting the Book of Proverbs 29:18 Bluenorthwest Jul 2013 #4
I never knew that, thanks! nm MannyGoldstein Jul 2013 #5
"So we squabble and fuss over the issues that they want us to fight over, SunSeeker Jul 2013 #8
I tremble for my country pscot Jul 2013 #3
Well sure, but hey! Wall Street is booming! Egalitarian Thug Jul 2013 #6
Good for them that you can't vote Goldman Sachs out of office. n/t L0oniX Jul 2013 #11
Not-Goldman-Sachs can't even get into the primaries. n/t Egalitarian Thug Jul 2013 #20
I just buy a sub or sandwich and give it to them. Nobody wants to be homeless. EdwardSmith74 Jul 2013 #7
Good for you. We should all do things like that. But such charity while desirable totodeinhere Jul 2013 #16
Or us. I take clothes down to the local homeless shelter, along with food (industrrial size cans). EdwardSmith74 Jul 2013 #18
Women with children and the elderly in the food lines while NSA keeps us secure. L0oniX Jul 2013 #9
Hammer meet nail lark Jul 2013 #12
Why do you think there will be so many more soon? mahina Jul 2013 #13
Because our country is owned by a small group, determined MannyGoldstein Jul 2013 #19
"When there is no vision for 100% of The People, ReRe Jul 2013 #21
I hate how powerless I feel when I encounter the homeless cleveramerican Jul 2013 #22
I went through that rotary today, by coincidence MannyGoldstein Jul 2013 #23
They have to go somewhere. I see them crouching in shadows where I live and I live in a very Cleita Jul 2013 #24
Millions and millions of homes have been stolen from people. reusrename Jul 2013 #25
It's shameful that a country as wealthy as this has so many homeless people. When sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #27
I am now homeless expert Tom Hastings Jul 2013 #28
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