Arkansas Granny
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Fri Mar-31-06 08:09 AM
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| 20. I have heard several economists remarking on this in the past |
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few months. Most have stated that things are looking great for corporate profits, but the benefits have yet to reach middle America. It's just a rerun of Reagan's "trickle down" economy. Didn't work then, won't work now.
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| -Pundits Still Dumbfounded, Even As Workers' Share of Gains Hits 40-year Lo |
Jon8503 |
Mar-31-06 05:43 AM |
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K & R - Smoke & Mirrors economy... |
Cooley Hurd |
Mar-31-06 05:47 AM |
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People are realizing that these corporate profits... |
marmar |
Mar-31-06 05:52 AM |
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Great point |
freesqueeze |
Mar-31-06 06:01 AM |
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Why do you think Whores like Hannity |
adigal |
Mar-31-06 06:06 AM |
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I though Sam |
ellie |
Mar-31-06 06:03 AM |
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Get a brain |
Oversea Visitor |
Mar-31-06 06:04 AM |
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They got their tax cuts and their stock portfolio looks good |
liberal N proud |
Mar-31-06 06:11 AM |
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Wake up America. Please, wake up. (eom) |
oasis |
Mar-31-06 06:18 AM |
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Of course corporate profits are up - |
Vinca |
Mar-31-06 06:23 AM |
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And outsourcing, cheap immigrant labor...Bust those unions for even |
LaPera |
Apr-01-06 03:46 AM |
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the talking heads on TV news don't know anything about business |
Neil Lisst |
Mar-31-06 06:34 AM |
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Because it's all BUUUUUUULSHITE, Sammy! |
HughBeaumont |
Mar-31-06 06:36 AM |
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Trickle down economics= piss on the peons. Works perfectly. |
Vidar |
Mar-31-06 06:37 AM |
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Ordinary Americans aren't jumping with joy maybe because |
rman |
Mar-31-06 06:55 AM |
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Paul Krugman explains it like this: |
Inland |
Mar-31-06 07:02 AM |
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but the Sam Donnies of the World are just shocked |
Supersedeas |
Mar-31-06 07:09 AM |
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Wait til Sam has to security fence his ranch and hire guards to patrol it. |
anitar1 |
Mar-31-06 10:24 PM |
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the day will come |
annabanana |
Apr-01-06 09:32 AM |
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not to mention the WSJ op-ed board |
Blue_Tires |
Apr-01-06 02:18 AM |
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I can't wait until these peoples' bubbles burst. |
Cobalt Violet |
Mar-31-06 07:03 AM |
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Inflation averages 3.5% a year, my pay increases about 2%... |
BiggJawn |
Mar-31-06 07:06 AM |
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I haven't had a pay increase in six years. |
Efilroft Sul |
Mar-31-06 07:56 AM |
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During Reagan's funeral, what struck me was how much it resembled |
Jose Diablo |
Mar-31-06 08:51 AM |
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It *IS* an "aristocracy". |
BiggJawn |
Mar-31-06 10:17 AM |
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As for "Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn" |
Jose Diablo |
Mar-31-06 12:14 PM |
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well, hey, it's YOUR FAULT for not being Bill Gates |
bobbieinok |
Apr-01-06 12:01 AM |
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That's what the Yuppies told me during the early 90's. |
BiggJawn |
Apr-01-06 01:26 PM |
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Excellent Rant BiggJawn! |
Viva_La_Revolution |
Apr-01-06 12:39 AM |
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The Attack On America |
AndyA |
Mar-31-06 07:35 AM |
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'The Race To The Bottom', immigration, and R's hypocrisy |
EVDebs |
Mar-31-06 09:42 AM |
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I have heard several economists remarking on this in the past |
Arkansas Granny |
Mar-31-06 08:09 AM |
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The April issue of the American Prospect has an article on this. |
Jim__ |
Mar-31-06 08:22 AM |
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Corporate profits: All-time HIGH. Take-home pay: 40-year LOW. |
dicksteele |
Mar-31-06 08:55 AM |
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Look, employees are being told "Do more with less" by managers |
elehhhhna |
Mar-31-06 09:10 AM |
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During the go-go 90's my pay was frozen in place for 8 years! |
FredStembottom |
Mar-31-06 11:36 AM |
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I've got an idea for those pundits! Let's pay them the average salary |
Norquist Nemesis |
Mar-31-06 11:40 AM |
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So they're finally finding out "trickle down" economics doesn't work |
TrogL |
Mar-31-06 11:42 AM |
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Here's another article |
starroute |
Mar-31-06 11:51 AM |
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I once got a 2c/Hr raise |
Canuckistanian |
Mar-31-06 01:18 PM |
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That doesn't make sense - being in the next tax bracket doesn't cause |
kath |
Mar-31-06 09:53 PM |
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Things are a little different in Canada |
Canuckistanian |
Mar-31-06 11:44 PM |
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I had the same issue... |
Viva_La_Revolution |
Apr-01-06 12:52 AM |
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Sam Donaldson wouldn't see a |
MrPrax |
Mar-31-06 01:47 PM |
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you know.... |
unkachuck |
Apr-01-06 12:09 AM |
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Rich talking heads who have their heads up this ass...They have |
LaPera |
Apr-01-06 02:56 AM |
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Forgive me for not getting excited when gas is $2.54 a gallon |
bluestateguy |
Apr-01-06 04:25 AM |
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Ya, coming home from work the richies on CNBC, listening on Sirius, |
Jon8503 |
Apr-01-06 09:25 AM |
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"Bush Rolls Middle Class In Shit; Sets Fire" |
nonconformist |
Apr-01-06 09:30 AM |
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