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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 10:57 AM Original message |
We have become a third world country thanks to Reaganomics. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
1. We're a third world country? Really? |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 10:59 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. oh, we are certainly headed in that direction |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 11:20 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Ok. I guess I'll start burning wood on the floor of my house and start eating rats for dinner. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 11:37 AM Response to Reply #5 |
14. you are completely missing the point |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 11:40 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. That's for sure. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 11:52 AM Response to Reply #17 |
27. I can see why you're missing the point |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 12:01 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. It's quite possible that the OP is completely wrong. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 01:02 PM Response to Reply #34 |
74. Ah yes and the future is rosey? Have you noticed that wall street are back gambling just like |
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Mudoria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 10:23 AM Response to Reply #34 |
132. I think you could take the "possible" out of your statement... |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 12:19 PM Response to Reply #17 |
49. You are kidding.. right? Please tell me you're kidding about Reaganomics? |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 02:30 PM Response to Reply #49 |
86. We're going to blame every single problem now and in the future on Reaganomics? Bullshit. |
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Justpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 12:48 PM Response to Reply #17 |
65. You need to catch up on recent history. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #65 |
87. He's been out of office for 20 years. Can we get over it now? |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 02:39 PM Response to Reply #87 |
90. I so agree. Grow up and recognize that our economy has collapsed. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #90 |
92. NAFTA was a part of Reaganomics? |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 03:12 PM Response to Reply #92 |
97. Have a good evening. I mean it. I enjoyed the conversation. nt |
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keep_it_real (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 12:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
37. Wow . . . how advanced you are! |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 12:06 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. ? |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 12:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
35. Would you have agreed if I said we were becoming a third world country? I doubt it. nt |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 12:05 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Becoming would certainly be more accurate. Our economy is in a downward mode... |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 12:29 PM Response to Reply #39 |
57. Please elaborate how Reaganomics didnt destroy our economy and the middle class? nt |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 12:38 AM Response to Reply #57 |
118. Reaganomics was just the culmination of a campaign by corporations that began during the New Deal |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 08:42 AM Response to Reply #118 |
123. Very well said. We shouldn't give Reagan all the credit. nt |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 01:04 AM Response to Reply #39 |
120. "Buzz Click" - what jobs do you currently have? PR and Blogging? |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 11:57 AM Response to Reply #120 |
127. OOPS |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 01:01 AM Response to Reply #1 |
119. Yes really. Go visit Clarksdale Mississippi and surrounds. REALLY. |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
3. Have you ever been to a third world contry? |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 11:37 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Obviously not. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 12:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
41. So do you think we can sustain our way of living? If so, how? nt |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 08:47 AM Response to Reply #41 |
124. Depends on what you mean by "we". |
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keep_it_real (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 12:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
53. In 3rd world contries people live in tin shacks in AMERICA people live on the street |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 12:34 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. You don't know shit about how people live in |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 12:53 PM Response to Reply #58 |
69. Yeah those people that can afford to go to a third world country, but what about most Americans. |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 12:58 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. No I wasn't aware of that. |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 10:09 PM Response to Reply #69 |
112. Yes, and I'm sure they'd be lining up to get on the plane if they could afford it. |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 10:28 PM Response to Reply #112 |
115. don't be so sure |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 12:38 PM Response to Reply #53 |
59. :Facepalm: |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 09:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
109. yes, many of them |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 01:17 AM Response to Reply #109 |
121. That's pretty much what Bobby Kennedy said before his presidential run |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
4. You don't have a clue what life is like in a real third-world country |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 11:21 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Fine, we are a 2nd world country. You are ducking the point. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 11:32 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Wait... what? |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 11:33 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. That's not the way I read it. nt |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 11:54 AM Response to Reply #11 |
29. Yep, you're right. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 12:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
44. Yes, we are a second world country |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 12:15 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. How would you define a country like Poland? n/t |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 12:40 PM Response to Reply #44 |
60. What definitions? |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 12:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
43. I agree we are not as bad off as a lot of the world. However, if we continue losing manufacturing |
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keep_it_real (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 12:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
55. To live in a 1st world contry means you're a 1st world CORPORATE SLAVE |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 09:57 PM Response to Reply #55 |
110. Yes, compensation for work is exactly the same thing as slavery. |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
7. Sssh... This is a Democratic site |
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Justpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
8. The plan all along |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 11:41 AM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Willing, since nobody is following Savior Moore and starting revolution... |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
9. As you and I sit at our computers, presumably indoors, you say that we are a third world country? |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 11:35 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Those are tools to pacify you while everything else slips away. |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 11:40 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. You think jobs, infrastructure and social justice in the U.S. are on par with third world countries? |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 11:42 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Look at income distribution, rates of incarceration, infant mortality rates and THEN argue with me. |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 11:45 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. OK: Infant Mortality Rates per 1000 live births: Angola: 180 U.S.: 7 |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 11:48 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Now: Is this sad that the United States is ranked 33? Yes. Does it mean we have to do something? |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 11:50 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Semantics games. nt |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 11:50 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. The term "3rd world country" is no longer used, but do you consider Cuba to be one? nt |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 11:53 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. No. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 11:55 AM Response to Reply #23 |
30. We lead in incarceration rates -also look at income inequality. |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 11:57 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Comparing us to Japan is grounds to say we need improvement. |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 12:00 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Example: Where 0 is absolute equality U.S. is 15. Bolivia 157.3 |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 12:17 PM Response to Reply #16 |
48. Never said we were "on par". My point is that when a country gives away it's natural resources |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 12:46 PM Response to Reply #48 |
63. The US has the highest manufacturing output of any country in the world. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 12:51 PM Response to Reply #63 |
67. Can you support that statement with a link? Otherwise it is not true. nt |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 01:46 PM Response to Reply #63 |
80. Your leading US manufacturers are oil companies. And also many of the leading US manufacturers do |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 03:07 PM Response to Reply #80 |
95. It's an import. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
15. We are NOT a third world country, but the labor class doesn't get paid a first world salary anymore. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 11:43 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. They gave us cheap credit to wallpaper over that. |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
21. What a laugh |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 11:44 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. We are actually in a new category. The old model of 3rd world country doesn't fit. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 12:04 PM Response to Reply #22 |
38. I agree. Seems I hit a nerve. LOL. Their argument is, "We are not". nt |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 12:20 PM Response to Reply #22 |
52. Late-stage capitalism! Woohooo! We got there first! |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 09:34 PM Response to Reply #21 |
108. And what would you compare us too? Every single statistic regarding living conditions we are the |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 10:10 PM Response to Reply #108 |
113. What statistics are these? |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 11:20 PM Response to Reply #113 |
117. do you live in a cave? nt |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 03:27 PM Response to Reply #117 |
130. No. I live in the U.S. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 10:18 AM Response to Reply #117 |
131. Very clever response. I should have asked if Faux is your only info source. |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
33. If this is true, then it is time to close the 700+ military sites in 39 |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 12:14 PM Response to Reply #33 |
45. We need to repeal NAFTA, CAFTA and get the hell out of WTO. And reducing our defense budget. nt |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 06:09 PM Response to Reply #33 |
107. THATS something I can agree with! |
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keep_it_real (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
36. I smell a conspiracy here |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #36 |
71. "The task is to covertly lower the standard of living... |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #36 |
79. The conspiracy is to loot the middle class. Glad you caught on. nt |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
42. Whether we are *yet* is a pointless argument. America is clearly on a downward trajectory. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 12:19 PM Response to Reply #42 |
50. Agree. Third World is not the correct description because they usually are developing countries. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
47. we are definitely getting there |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
51. Compare Europe |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
54. We have elements of a third world country |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
56. I was wrong to use Third World as it deflected from my point. |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 12:42 PM Response to Reply #56 |
61. 13 Recs from other people who don't know what the term means n/t |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #56 |
62. So basically the problem, in your opinion, is that foreigners are allowed to have money. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 12:47 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Hey guys, check it out. It's time to witness some FIRST CLASS advocacy for American workers |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 01:18 PM Response to Reply #64 |
78. Yes, yes I have this absurd notion... |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 02:06 PM Response to Reply #78 |
83. How admirable. Use the wealth of the US middle class to raise the std of living of the poor of the |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 03:02 PM Response to Reply #83 |
93. Poverty in Mexico has been decreasing for some time. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 11:11 AM Response to Reply #93 |
133. Please please include links. I cant find any evidence supporting you. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #78 |
89. I just think it's interesting that you won't own your ideology: |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 03:10 PM Response to Reply #89 |
96. I think it's interesting that you believe you understand my ideology. |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 03:14 PM Response to Reply #96 |
98. It's protectionism at it's finest. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 03:14 PM Response to Reply #96 |
99. I just go by your posts to this board. |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 03:42 PM Response to Reply #99 |
101. Link or it's a complete fabrication! |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 03:45 PM Response to Reply #101 |
102. You fabricated a completely bogus quote. I'm just giving you a general characterization. |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 03:58 PM Response to Reply #102 |
103. I didn't fabricate a quote. What are you talking about? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 03:16 PM Response to Reply #96 |
100. PS: Link or it's a complete fabrication! |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 12:50 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. You dont seem interested in an honest dialog. nt |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 12:52 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. I agree. Stop feeding him/her. nt |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 12:54 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. So noted. nt |
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jotsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 01:00 PM Response to Reply #56 |
73. I'm not inclined to label things, I think what your asking is, as a country are we post peak or |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 01:03 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. I like your "reboot". But how do we get back ownership of our country? nt |
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jotsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 02:05 PM Response to Reply #75 |
82. Check the sig line! |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 02:16 PM Response to Reply #82 |
84. I like your style jotsy. |
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jotsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 02:28 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. Not with up and coming more viable consumer bases popping up around the ball. |
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LaPera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
76. Yes, the rich have gotten exceedingly richer via Reagan's republican policies while the poor & the |
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Justpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 01:09 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. . |
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Generator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
81. Yep |
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BOG PERSON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
88. This is the great American pastime |
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BOG PERSON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
91. Seriously this is about as stupid as calling unfulfilling office work "slavery" |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 03:03 PM Response to Reply #91 |
94. No shit. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
104. Third world? No. Reaganomics a big reason we are circling the drain? Absolutely. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 04:39 PM Response to Reply #104 |
105. I agree, third world is a little strong. And I agree with your post about the other reasons. nt |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
106. K&R |
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Kievan Rus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
111. It's a miracle Reagan didn't destroy the world |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 10:16 PM Response to Reply #111 |
114. Third World? No, but we are gradually going that route |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 11:19 PM Response to Reply #111 |
116. I dont think either Reagan or Russia wanted a nuclear war. Reagan was content on fleecing the |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 01:19 AM Response to Reply #116 |
122. And massacring people in Central America who got in his way. |
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BOG PERSON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 01:08 PM Response to Reply #122 |
129. Cheney didn't need hair or writers. |
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KillCapitalism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
125. If we're not 3rd world yet, then we must be damn close. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 10:30 AM Response to Reply #125 |
126. Most of the detractors only want to quibble about the term third world and not discuss conditions. |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
128. Of course, even some third world countries HAVE SINGLE-PAYER HEALTH CARE! |
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