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Skwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 12:05 AM Original message |
The new Gilded Age. 1985, 13 billionaires. Today, overy 1,000 |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
1. Welcome to the bfee, where the nouveau riche sit at the little kids table for T-Day... |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
2. if only we could have found ANOTHER bubble faster, that could've been 10,000 billionaires |
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Skwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 12:23 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. We go from one fake "economic boom period" to another. You think |
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deadmessengers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 01:04 AM Response to Original message |
4. Are those numbers inflation-indexed? |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 01:07 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Why is it dishonest when wages for regular people have been pretty much the same since 1985. (nt) |
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deadmessengers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 01:14 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Irrelevant. |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 12:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Not irrelevant. The purchasing price for everyone has gone down, even though wages haven't moved. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
6. Is that every or ovary? |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 04:03 AM Response to Original message |
8. Yeah, trickle down has worked out so well for everyone |
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