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TheWraith

(24,331 posts)
1. It's that damned elitist "education!"
Fri Apr 27, 2012, 04:35 PM
Apr 2012

We should never listen to anyone who didn't take all their schoolin' in a one room hovel in Utah.

It's that damned elitist "education!" TheWraith Apr 2012 #1
solis is very well educated. but she wasn't born into an upper class/ruling class family. HiPointDem Apr 2012 #2
Damn that elitist-educated FDR who created Social Security! freshwest Apr 2012 #6
Yep, FDR, Frances Perkins, & many other founders were ruling class. And they were countering HiPointDem Apr 2012 #9
No, why would you assume that? Do you believe they can overrule Congress? freshwest Apr 2012 #11
the lolzcats posts didn't give a good impression, lets say. HiPointDem Apr 2012 #15
I didn't say that. I think you want something to fight about. Let's avoid that. freshwest Apr 2012 #22
I didn't see any fighting, I saw me asking a question. HiPointDem Apr 2012 #23
Nothing more to discuss, the thread has exhausted itself. Have a good evening. n/t freshwest Apr 2012 #27
which you didn't answer. HiPointDem Apr 2012 #39
We are the 1% MannyGoldstein Apr 2012 #3
CORRECSHUN: WE R TEH 1%. ALL UR SOSHUL SECURITY R BELONG 2 US. freshwest Apr 2012 #4
i'm a dumb 99%er & i don't get your point. please explain clearly so us dummies will get it. HiPointDem Apr 2012 #5
It's the correct LOLZ SPEAK translation. You don't like kittehs? freshwest Apr 2012 #7
no idea what you're talking about. HiPointDem Apr 2012 #8
Did you read the post I was replying to? Not a tactic, a benign correction. freshwest Apr 2012 #12
Trustees’ Report Shows Social Security ‘Vibrant, Strong’ ProSense Apr 2012 #10
"the long-run financial challenges" MannyGoldstein Apr 2012 #13
They ProSense Apr 2012 #14
The President appoints the Trustees. And *he* makes proposals: MannyGoldstein Apr 2012 #17
Really? ProSense Apr 2012 #20
Of what relevance are quotes from the AFL-CIO & Sanders? The Trustees aren't saying HiPointDem Apr 2012 #18
Well, ProSense Apr 2012 #19
Your link demonstrates that the Trustees aren't saying anything like "vibrant" and "strong". HiPointDem Apr 2012 #24
First of all ProSense Apr 2012 #28
oh, baloney. The entire thrust of the Trustees report is that the program is in imminent HiPointDem Apr 2012 #29
That's ProSense Apr 2012 #30
not "my" interpretation at all, it's the obvious message of the text to anyone who's not trying HiPointDem Apr 2012 #31
It is ProSense Apr 2012 #33
There is no imminent danger. So quite obviously, I don't think anything needs to be done HiPointDem Apr 2012 #34
So ProSense Apr 2012 #35
Perhaps the conversation would improve if you stopped putting words in my mouth. HiPointDem Apr 2012 #36
OK ProSense Apr 2012 #37
i don't agree with any of that. mainly because all those actors are, in one way or another, HiPointDem Apr 2012 #38
OK ProSense Apr 2012 #40
yes, i believe all those people are misleading the public in one way or another. #1, they're HiPointDem Apr 2012 #41
What? ProSense Apr 2012 #42
The numbers on collections and outlays are verifiable. Concrete facts. The projections HiPointDem Apr 2012 #43
Geithner, Sebelius, Astrue and Blahous are awful trustees...Solis only good one joeybee12 Apr 2012 #16
On the surface looks negative marlakay Apr 2012 #21
I get your point, but "elite catholic school kids" sinks your argument like the iceberg sank Titanic Stinky The Clown Apr 2012 #25
I should have made it clear that Sebelius went to the Catholic equivalent of prep school, not a HiPointDem Apr 2012 #26
I believe in timmy the trustee.... unkachuck Apr 2012 #32
kick HiPointDem Apr 2012 #44
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