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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 11:13 PM Original message |
Our first move, LETS MAKE THE POOR A PRIORITY!!!! |
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CitizenLeft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. this is John Edwards' personal crusade |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 11:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. It can't wait till 08 |
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CitizenLeft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-09-06 10:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
23. I didn't say "wait" |
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ProgressiveEconomist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 06:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
38. MW apparently is a great "wedge issue" for evangelicals, and already |
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CitizenLeft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 06:52 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. one passed here in Ohio... |
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durtee librul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-13-06 05:05 PM Response to Reply #38 |
65. with all due respect |
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survivor999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'd say, let's make the middle class a priority. |
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Impashund Ubique (98 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 11:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. This attitude IS the problem |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 11:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. That IS divisive |
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katsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 02:34 AM Response to Reply #5 |
31. Excellent points. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-08-06 11:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Basically, lets expand and protect the middle class |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-09-06 12:04 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Read above and tell me what you think |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-09-06 12:13 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. We pretty much agree |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-09-06 12:17 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Good point |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-09-06 01:04 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Done a great job of job creating? You got to be kidding |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-09-06 01:25 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. You misread what I wrote |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-09-06 01:06 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. What did Christ say as how we should treat the poor? |
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survivor999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-09-06 07:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. Who cares about what Christ said? |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-09-06 01:12 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. "Expanding the middle class" assumes that it expands b/c the poor join it. |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-09-06 05:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. So we should tailor policy toward the middle class |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-09-06 07:40 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Yes. We should. |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 01:46 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. What about Home Health aids and CNAs? |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 01:56 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I am for increasing services, healthcare & education. |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 02:02 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. You missed the point |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 12:36 PM Response to Reply #27 |
36. I never said that working people do not vote or are not politically active. |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 04:29 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. You said it yourself |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-13-06 05:56 PM Response to Reply #41 |
72. Never said that-but I know you had say I did for your guilt trip to work. |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 11:18 PM Response to Reply #36 |
58. I'll say it... |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-13-06 06:00 PM Response to Reply #58 |
73. But this is not a reality based sub-thread- it is about P.C. guilt trips. |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-13-06 07:10 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. You're right... |
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Naturyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 05:35 AM Response to Reply #25 |
33. Well said |
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Irreverend IX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 06:48 AM Response to Reply #18 |
40. We tailor the policy toward middle class and poor... |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 06:31 PM Response to Reply #40 |
53. Stop being such a wimp |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-09-06 01:09 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. This is the best route- it is good political strategy & economically sound |
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qwlauren35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-09-06 05:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. How about the WORKING CLASS??????????? |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 02:09 AM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Poor people don't try to help themselves |
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katsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 03:05 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Would it help if... |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 06:17 PM Response to Reply #32 |
43. this is the damage that John Edwards is causing now! |
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qwlauren35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-13-06 05:03 PM Response to Reply #43 |
64. I'm very confused... |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 04:19 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. *Rather* disgusting? |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 04:32 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. That seems to be what THEY want |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 06:15 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. I'm not ashamed either. I"m homeless and when I tell people I'm not ashamed of it, |
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qwlauren35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-13-06 05:28 PM Response to Reply #39 |
70. IF... |
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qwlauren35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-13-06 05:08 PM Response to Reply #37 |
66. Yes, I'm a Democrat. |
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qwlauren35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-13-06 04:59 PM Response to Reply #28 |
63. Umm... |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-13-06 05:27 PM Response to Reply #28 |
69. My question is, what do we do about the single mom with young kids that can't afford daycare? |
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qwlauren35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 01:53 PM Response to Reply #69 |
76. Don't laugh.... |
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murdoch (658 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 10:23 PM Response to Reply #19 |
55. The working class is the priority |
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qwlauren35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-13-06 05:43 PM Response to Reply #55 |
71. I understand some of it. |
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Turn CO Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-09-06 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
14. Taking care of the working class -- It's the right thing to do! |
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survivor999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-09-06 07:45 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. I agree with that. Keeping in mind... |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-09-06 01:29 AM Response to Original message |
16. The evangelicals should make the poor their ONLY priority. |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-09-06 01:32 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. For many of them it is |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-09-06 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
24. Bump |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 02:16 AM Response to Original message |
29. Shit. There's that error message again. |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 02:18 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Seems many don't like this thread |
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Naturyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 05:41 AM Response to Original message |
34. Let's not forget the non-working class... |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-10-06 05:50 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Well played |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 09:54 PM Response to Reply #34 |
46. thank you |
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Codeblue (466 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
45. Higher Education |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 07:44 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Higher education has become rather worthless |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
47. And not just the children. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
49. The poor and the middle class |
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FreeStateDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
50. Help the working class you will be helping the poor, first step is an |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 06:23 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. You think the poor are not "working class" |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-13-06 02:17 AM Response to Reply #52 |
59. "middle class" and "working class" have become synonyms. |
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FreeStateDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-13-06 08:47 AM Response to Reply #52 |
62. The working poor are part of the working class which is why that in helping the working class |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
51. No American Left Behind |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
54. The poor don't vote... |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 10:24 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. How about restoring welfare? |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 10:58 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. What do you mean? |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-13-06 02:29 AM Response to Reply #57 |
60. There was never anything wrong with welfare to begin with |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-13-06 07:16 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. No one seems to be pissed at corporate welfare? |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-13-06 05:21 PM Response to Reply #61 |
68. Rock on, Jeff! |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-13-06 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
67. An Ex-Republican tells you how to achieve this... |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-13-06 07:16 PM Response to Reply #67 |
75. THAT is a GREAT one! And btw, Welcome to DU! |
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fuzzyball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
77. Yeeeeeeeah.....lets take the money from the rich and distribute it to |
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