Mon Nov 11, 2013, 10:45 PM

WillyT (72,631 posts)

Anybody Here Personally Know Somebody Who Is Being Screwed By Our Current Political System ???

I know a whole lot of 'em.

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10 replies	Author	Time	Post
Anybody Here Personally Know Somebody Who Is Being Screwed By Our Current Political System ??? (Original post)	WillyT	Nov 2013	OP
300,000,000 of them. nt	Deep13	Nov 2013	#1
Slam dunk on the first comment. nt	Incitatus	Nov 2013	#2
Actually, it is an understatement since imperialism affects many foreigners too. nt	Deep13	Nov 2013	#3
....	bigwillq	Nov 2013	#6
Since I don't know anyone in the 1% . . .	Brigid	Nov 2013	#4
you probably know lots of people in the 1%	hfojvt	Nov 2013	#9
Too many to count.	NuclearDem	Nov 2013	#5
my son for one who is stuck in our broken public school system.	liberal_at_heart	Nov 2013	#7
Food stamps cut to 92 year old.	patricia92243	Nov 2013	#8
All the primary states that	Le Taz Hot	Nov 2013	#10

Response to WillyT (Original post)

Mon Nov 11, 2013, 10:52 PM

Deep13 (39,128 posts)

1. 300,000,000 of them. nt

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Response to Deep13 (Reply #1)

Mon Nov 11, 2013, 10:55 PM

Incitatus (5,317 posts)

2. Slam dunk on the first comment. nt

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Response to Incitatus (Reply #2)

Mon Nov 11, 2013, 10:57 PM

Deep13 (39,128 posts)

3. Actually, it is an understatement since imperialism affects many foreigners too. nt

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Mon Nov 11, 2013, 11:20 PM

bigwillq (72,790 posts)

6. ....

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Response to WillyT (Original post)

Mon Nov 11, 2013, 11:15 PM

Brigid (17,621 posts)

4. Since I don't know anyone in the 1% . . .

That would be everybody I know. But not all of them realize it.

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Response to Brigid (Reply #4)

Tue Nov 12, 2013, 03:37 AM

hfojvt (37,573 posts)

9. you probably know lots of people in the 1%

albeit not personally.

First, there are the Obamas - members of the 1%.
Then also, there are the Clintons.
Also, of course, the Romneys, the McCains.

If you watch any sports, you see many of them. Just watching the news and heard about Santana turning down an offer of $14.1 million. He wants $100 million for five years. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/mlb/ervin-santana-turns-down-royals-qualifying-offer-of-141-million-for-2014-season?ymd=20131111&content_id=63849272&vkey=news_mlb

Quite a bit of money for a guy with 9 wins and 10 losses, but I guess that those who do not study history are doomed to be multi-millionaires.

Then there are the TV and movie people. You know, Brad Pitt and Angelina made $45 million last year. And Will Smith made $31 million. Rachel Maddow makes $5 million a year.

But is everyone you know hurting? My school superintendent makes $175,000 a year. The city manager makes $120,000. The head of the water department makes $110,000. Are those people hurting? Is my doctor suffering with his doctor's income? What about my dentist? Getting screwed, or living pretty well? I will ask him when he gets back from his vacation in Hawaii.

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Mon Nov 11, 2013, 11:16 PM

NuclearDem (16,184 posts)