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Panich52

(5,829 posts)
Thu Jan 29, 2015, 04:19 PM Jan 2015

Unbelievable Nerve -- Republicans Finally Discover Income Inequality

Progressives have long known that America has a major problem with income inequality. But judging from the many goofy "responses" to the president's State of the Union Address this month, the GOP has just recently caught on -- and they're alleging that it's somehow all the fault of President Obama and Democrats. Republicans from Ted Cruz and Joni Ernst to Marco Rubio and Mitt Romney are all finally acknowledging the crisis-level problems America faces with income inequality and wage stagnation, but only because they think they can somehow flip the blame onto their political opponents.

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Unbelievable Nerve -- Republicans Finally Discover Income Inequality (Original Post) Panich52 Jan 2015 OP
Someone needs to explain this to Boehner and McConnell, they don't get it. Thinkingabout Jan 2015 #1
I agree. Major Chutzpah Proud Liberal Dem Jan 2015 #2
Trying to put the blame of one's own faults onto someone else is a defence mechanism called Cal33 Jan 2015 #3

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,402 posts)
2. I agree. Major Chutzpah
Fri Jan 30, 2015, 10:07 AM
Jan 2015

Of course, they will concern troll the public without actually DOING anything about it.

 

Cal33

(7,018 posts)
3. Trying to put the blame of one's own faults onto someone else is a defence mechanism called
Fri Jan 30, 2015, 11:40 AM
Jan 2015

"projection" which is frequently used by paranoids. It is also normal behavior for sociopaths. Below is the
link to an article explaining why so many high-functioning sociopaths are ruling the world:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/09/10/1015320/-Why-High- high-Psychopaths-Rule-The-World#

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