Hawkeye-X
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Fri Dec-24-10 04:42 PM
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| 5. Soon all people KNOW that the elections are fixed |
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and bought and paid for by the corporations and the rich.. Then the people get pissed off....
Then what?!
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| -What, exactly, is the rich trying to accomplish by being richer |
Hawkeye-X |
Dec-24-10 04:36 PM |
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power ultimately -- control over assets, territory, politics, people's lives |
Hannah Bell |
Dec-24-10 04:37 PM |
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After that, they'll face death or abandonment of this experiment. |
Hawkeye-X |
Dec-24-10 04:41 PM |
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There's nothing stopping Warren |
Abq_Sarah |
Dec-25-10 12:07 AM |
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Wealthy as he is, Buffet alone paying more taxes would hardly make a dent... |
Silent3 |
Dec-25-10 12:18 AM |
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it would if the money he's socked away in private foundations he controls were taxed. |
Hannah Bell |
Dec-25-10 05:53 PM |
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Which explains why |
Abq_Sarah |
Dec-24-10 05:13 PM |
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You think having |
GKirk |
Dec-24-10 05:21 PM |
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tell that to the person who has lost their homes, and are now living with relatives |
Donnachaidh |
Dec-24-10 06:17 PM |
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Care to share some of that with me? |
Hydra |
Dec-24-10 07:30 PM |
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You're right, $1M in assets does not make you rich |
tech9413 |
Dec-25-10 01:12 AM |
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You are both (insert pejorative adverb) wrong. |
WinkyDink |
Dec-25-10 02:03 AM |
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Try Telling It To Someone WIth NO Assets |
NashVegas |
Dec-25-10 11:32 AM |
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Here's a "feeling" to try: Empathy. |
WinkyDink |
Dec-25-10 02:02 AM |
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Poverty = slavery |
MedicalAdmin |
Dec-24-10 05:14 PM |
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You nailed it. It's about power and nothing else. n/t |
Foo Fighter |
Dec-25-10 02:14 AM |
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Buy elections. |
tabatha |
Dec-24-10 04:39 PM |
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Soon all people KNOW that the elections are fixed |
Hawkeye-X |
Dec-24-10 04:42 PM |
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The "then what" is what nobody wants to talk about |
martymar64 |
Dec-25-10 07:01 AM |
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The "then what" can get your post deleted......... |
socialist_n_TN |
Dec-25-10 01:14 PM |
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They've never read Poe. |
WinkyDink |
Dec-24-10 04:39 PM |
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It's a compulsion. Even greed does not explain it all, it's a compusion to |
RKP5637 |
Dec-24-10 04:46 PM |
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It doesn't so much lead to sociopathic behavior... |
Cassandra |
Dec-24-10 05:12 PM |
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Excellent point/comment! Thanks! n/t |
RKP5637 |
Dec-24-10 05:26 PM |
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If you've ever known any of the extremely rich, then you know what drives them |
Lorien |
Dec-24-10 06:13 PM |
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"...having more than anyone else becomes the fixation. They can't elevate |
Foo Fighter |
Dec-25-10 02:38 AM |
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It's a sick twisted addiction |
Raine |
Dec-25-10 04:25 AM |
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I think their mental and emotional problems are culminating in a death wish |
Demeter |
Dec-24-10 04:53 PM |
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+1, n/t |
RKP5637 |
Dec-24-10 05:04 PM |
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It's about control. |
The Backlash Cometh |
Dec-24-10 04:55 PM |
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Benefits isn't the right word |
Hydra |
Dec-24-10 06:21 PM |
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Very well said, Hydra. |
The Backlash Cometh |
Dec-24-10 11:09 PM |
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T/Y |
Hydra |
Dec-25-10 04:53 PM |
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Bingo. control over other people |
treestar |
Dec-25-10 11:32 AM |
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"Deserving poor" |
The Backlash Cometh |
Dec-25-10 12:01 PM |
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They just want to outdo each other. We non-rich don't factor into the equation. nt |
valerief |
Dec-24-10 04:56 PM |
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Sure we (98%) do; it's at our expense nt |
ShockediSay |
Dec-24-10 05:02 PM |
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Our labor is just something they take for granted. nt |
valerief |
Dec-24-10 05:05 PM |
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Forget US soldiers, teachers, health care workers, etc. Obama spotlights Steve Jobs |
MrTriumph |
Dec-24-10 04:59 PM |
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"Celebrate wealth." Never thought I'd hear a Democratic President utter such shamelessness. |
WinkyDink |
Dec-25-10 02:06 AM |
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Wow, I hadn't heard that one. I don't watch TV and/or check out mainstream |
Foo Fighter |
Dec-25-10 03:52 AM |
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It is just this "dream of wealth" obscenity that keeps the Middle-Class from aligning with the Poor. |
WinkyDink |
Dec-25-10 07:57 AM |
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Exactly. I see it all the time. |
Foo Fighter |
Dec-25-10 04:09 PM |
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Fulfillment of their addiction to greed. |
obxhead |
Dec-24-10 05:00 PM |
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The appetite grows by eating. -- Francois Rabelais |
alterfurz |
Dec-24-10 05:33 PM |
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Why does a dog lick his balls? |
U4ikLefty |
Dec-24-10 05:02 PM |
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It's a sickness |
eleny |
Dec-24-10 05:02 PM |
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It's capitalism. nm |
rhett o rick |
Dec-24-10 05:06 PM |
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At it's worst |
eleny |
Dec-24-10 05:07 PM |
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It's not personal, it's just business. I think the link below provides a great explaination. |
rhett o rick |
Dec-24-10 05:07 PM |
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In that spirit, I say: When's the next baptism? |
WinkyDink |
Dec-25-10 02:07 AM |
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BP is giving mass baptisms in their poluted Gulf. No charge. nm |
rhett o rick |
Dec-25-10 10:03 AM |
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They don't think about it. |
bluestate10 |
Dec-24-10 05:08 PM |
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I think it's a penis thing......... |
socialist_n_TN |
Dec-24-10 05:10 PM |
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Yep. Greed. Call it anything you like. Wrap it in economics. Greed is greed. |
MichiganVote |
Dec-24-10 05:23 PM |
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Radix malorum est cupiditas. |
ananda |
Dec-24-10 05:24 PM |
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There is a sufficiency in the world.... |
MichiganVote |
Dec-24-10 07:59 PM |
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Yep. Taught it for many years. |
WinkyDink |
Dec-25-10 02:09 AM |
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What rich are you talking about? |
lynne |
Dec-24-10 05:24 PM |
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The discussion has been light on hatred of prosperity and heavy on acknowledging avarice. |
TheKentuckian |
Dec-24-10 06:25 PM |
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Cue me in when one of them is serving the homeless a meal tomorrow. |
MichiganVote |
Dec-24-10 08:01 PM |
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+10000000000000. n/t |
Foo Fighter |
Dec-25-10 03:21 AM |
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Oooh, checks in SALVATION ARMY kettles! AMERICA should have no need for the SA! |
WinkyDink |
Dec-25-10 01:55 AM |
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Have you ever seen a rich person's tax return? |
jtrockville |
Dec-25-10 09:28 AM |
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To buy and sell your ass. |
Kurovski |
Dec-24-10 08:23 PM |
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In the movie _Superman III_, when the Richie Pryor character |
tblue37 |
Dec-24-10 08:43 PM |
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And THAT in a nutshell IS capitalism........... |
socialist_n_TN |
Dec-25-10 01:22 PM |
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The USA is a mature economy and will not be growing as fast a china, India, Brazil. |
applegrove |
Dec-24-10 10:57 PM |
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This guy has an answer. |
jotsy |
Dec-25-10 12:20 AM |
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They are afraid. They think wealth will buy them security, but all it does is increase |
McCamy Taylor |
Dec-25-10 02:22 AM |
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They are indeed afraid -- but of poverty and starvation |
mainer |
Dec-25-10 09:50 AM |
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Hypothetical question |
Hippo_Tron |
Dec-25-10 02:55 AM |
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Personally, I'm at the point that if I have what I need......... |
socialist_n_TN |
Dec-25-10 01:29 PM |
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separation |
ThomThom |
Dec-25-10 03:37 AM |
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Define Rich... |
KharmaTrain |
Dec-25-10 04:11 AM |
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People with a fuckoad of money. n/t |
TransitJohn |
Dec-25-10 06:06 AM |
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Those that never have to worry about the things us mundanes do. |
hobbit709 |
Dec-25-10 06:16 AM |
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Someone who never ever flies coach. . . |
B Calm |
Dec-25-10 06:22 AM |
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Interesting... |
KharmaTrain |
Dec-25-10 06:36 AM |
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Good point. Maybe it should be changed to someone who never |
B Calm |
Dec-25-10 06:48 AM |
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Just Going For Definitions Here |
KharmaTrain |
Dec-25-10 07:08 AM |
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I know some really rich who always fly coach |
mainer |
Dec-25-10 09:12 AM |
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I'm sure it's all about power over the working class. The working class |
B Calm |
Dec-25-10 06:18 AM |
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Greed is only one of the symptoms of the Anti-Social Personality Disorder called |
Cal33 |
Dec-25-10 07:29 AM |
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They know our resources are limited. |
rucky |
Dec-25-10 07:31 AM |
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Following the total collapse, "they" will be the sole survivors! |
DailyGrind51 |
Dec-25-10 07:42 AM |
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That's their hope, yes. But, most of them will also fall. After |
Cal33 |
Dec-25-10 07:50 AM |
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Sometimes they just do what they love, and are surprised they're rich |
mainer |
Dec-25-10 09:06 AM |
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It is a disease, like morbid obesity, and these people need help to shed their excess. NT |
grahamhgreen |
Dec-25-10 09:51 AM |
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Competition mega yacht racing. |
L0oniX |
Dec-25-10 10:04 AM |
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"The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. |
bemildred |
Dec-25-10 10:05 AM |
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What, exactly, is a cancer cell trying to accomplish |
Jackpine Radical |
Dec-25-10 10:07 AM |
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We made Corporate Quarterly Profits more important than anything else in our country. |
Overseas |
Dec-25-10 11:27 AM |
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Here's Mario Cuomo's 1984 speech about the Reaganite "Shining City on the Hill" |
Overseas |
Dec-25-10 12:29 PM |
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I think they're using the underpants gnomes theory: |
Initech |
Dec-25-10 12:51 PM |
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Keeping the rest of us with hat in hand begging. n/t |
Cleita |
Dec-25-10 01:15 PM |
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The poor are trying to get richer too. |
Zanzobar |
Dec-25-10 05:58 PM |
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