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In reply to the discussion: "The economy" doesn't need you: Top 5% do 37% of consumer spending. [View all]Zalatix
(8,994 posts)5. They create a limited hyperinflation.
If money becomes worthless worldwide, they've got nothing to pay their troop thugs.
Without that, you're screwed.
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"The economy" doesn't need you: Top 5% do 37% of consumer spending. [View all]
HiPointDem
Jun 2012
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'U.S. Economy Is Increasingly Tied to the Rich' - because they won't let the rest of us
KG
Jun 2012
#1
Then we don't need the economy. This is why we need a LONG bout of hyperinflation.
Zalatix
Jun 2012
#3
hyperinflation doesn't hurt the plutocracy. they *create* hyperinflation as an attack
HiPointDem
Jun 2012
#4
no, it doesn't have to. unfortunately, people are so worried about sunscreenpolicy
HiPointDem
Jun 2012
#9
public discussion is organized around escapism and distractions. silence would
HiPointDem
Jun 2012
#16
There wouldn't be silence. The void would be filled with Koch-approved propaganda.
Zalatix
Jun 2012
#18
They can't control anything they're not physically sitting on, in that kind of situation.
Zalatix
Jun 2012
#36
What's to stop them buying gold or commodities through trusts based in the Bahamas, for example?
Nye Bevan
Jun 2012
#37
the top 20% apes the top and despises the bottom. as long as they get their vig
HiPointDem
Jun 2012
#11
But the bottom spends more of their income just to survive (higher percentage of what they make).
mmonk
Jun 2012
#19
the ptb don't *want* to expand the economy. they want to kick you out of the economy.
HiPointDem
Jun 2012
#21
i actually read something maybe 8-10 years ago talking about how 'the market'
HiPointDem
Jun 2012
#25
This is good. The bottom will eventually discard the structures that the top owns...
joshcryer
Jun 2012
#27
and to the person saying everything is going to be so cheap no one can make money
HiPointDem
Jun 2012
#28
I'm a sculptor and I've come to this conclusion too. I figure I'm going after the
snappyturtle
Jun 2012
#34
if the top 5% does nearly 40% of the consumer spending, and consumer spending
HiPointDem
Jun 2012
#30
I've been screaming about it for years. Finally, someone published this warning.
Zalatix
Jun 2012
#33
in 2011 the top 5% took home about 32% of total income. what's so intuitively
HiPointDem
Jun 2012
#40
maybe if the rest of us made a decent salary we would have more pull and spend more
WI_DEM
Jun 2012
#39
The bottom 50% of the income distribution takes home about 13% of all income. The top 1% takes
HiPointDem
Jun 2012
#42
the bottom 50% takes home about 13% of all income, less than the top 1%, who takes 23%.
HiPointDem
Jun 2012
#45