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Huey P. Long

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Fri Jun 22, 2012, 10:30 PM

Jun 2012

Huey Long: Share the Wealth

December 1934. Huey Long speaks passionately about income inequality and the wealthy in the United States.

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Corporate Profits Just Hit An All-Time High, Wages Just Hit An All-Time Low [View all] kpete Jun 2012 OP

Somethings VERY WRONG. elleng Jun 2012 #1

All Proceeds Along According to Plan liberalmike27 Jun 2012 #42

To sum it up: More prosperity than ever before, yet more poverty and suffering? newthinking Jun 2012 #46

That can be/is because elleng Jun 2012 #47

Isn't that proof positive that trickle down does not work SoutherDem Jun 2012 #2

or is it proof that Trickle Down does work? CleanLucre Jun 2012 #8

Excellent point. Quantess Jun 2012 #26

Sad but true CleanLucre Jun 2012 #28

Trickle down has always been, actually, Flood up. ananda Jun 2012 #30

or maybe suck up CleanLucre Jun 2012 #37

Yep. It works. liberalmike27 Jun 2012 #43

oh boy. an *all" time record, yet again?... depressing. inna Jun 2012 #3

Just briefly looking at these curves tells me there is too much supply RKP5637 Jun 2012 #4

What would make where we are CleanLucre Jun 2012 #9

I think just worse, what is needed is for the $20 cocktail drinkers to fall too like in 1929. n/t RKP5637 Jun 2012 #13

Isn't the current illusion CleanLucre Jun 2012 #19

Yep! Wealth is vaporware. n/t RKP5637 Jun 2012 #24

or it could mean that wealth is being extracted from the us & invested overseas, creating demand HiPointDem Jun 2012 #22

Yes, exactly, and that benefits the majority of us little ... RKP5637 Jun 2012 #23

That is simple economics. We can only keep our quality of life through policies protecting us newthinking Jun 2012 #45

Which means corporations will do even more of what they've been doing. Kablooie Jun 2012 #5

Yep, and not only do we not tax them, we give money to the RKP5637 Jun 2012 #14

thanks for posting...very important...K and R nt. Stuart G Jun 2012 #6

i thought so too kpete Jun 2012 #36

The OP should get massive recs. Huey P. Long Jun 2012 #7

now we are ON the BBQ upi402 Jun 2012 #18

k&r for the truth, however depressing it may be. n/t Laelth Jun 2012 #10

Wow, if only we could teach Americans the inevitable connection between the two. freshwest Jun 2012 #11

I think dems get it abelenkpe Jun 2012 #12

Yep. Scarey living with them. freshwest Jun 2012 #16

Ignorance is the republicans best friend. And they work very hard at RKP5637 Jun 2012 #25

You see, Republicans! he's not Anti-Business! Bonobo Jun 2012 #15

there you go with those liberal fact thingies upi402 Jun 2012 #17

kick Angry Dragon Jun 2012 #20

Woohoo! Good thing we kept them from failing! progressoid Jun 2012 #21

All-time lowest profits under Reagan malthaussen Jun 2012 #27

Income extraction works jp11 Jun 2012 #29

Corporations have a fiduciary responsibility to maximize profit Jake2413 Jun 2012 #31

push 'em down. push 'em down. Way Down! Tuesday Afternoon Jun 2012 #32

Everybody Calm DOWN! bvar22 Jun 2012 #33

I just can't wait rudycantfail Jun 2012 #34

thanks for that Scout Jun 2012 #35

In addition to that Broderick Jun 2012 #38

"The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor." Voltaire Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2012 #39

I think we need to get a serious dialogue going about rethinking what profit means in our society. Initech Jun 2012 #40

Yay! Corporations are winning! Go, corporations, go! Down with people. tclambert Jun 2012 #41

This says all there is to make an idiot understand Curmudgeoness Jun 2012 #44

President correct rtracey Jun 2012 #48

Our founders intended on corporations paying Tariffs Ghost of Huey Long Jun 2012 #49