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Egalitarian Thug

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32. Sorry to read this. It is far too common a story. n/t

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Thu Oct 25, 2012, 01:59 PM

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37 Facts About How Cruel This Economy Has Been To Millions Of Desperate American Families [View all] RepublicansRZombies Oct 2012 OP

what, Some conservatives are understanding cause and effect?????? hollysmom Oct 2012 #1

how can this truth be so obvious, even to someone like him RepublicansRZombies Oct 2012 #2

Moreover, WHAT have THEY done about it? Proud Liberal Dem Oct 2012 #7

It's like they suggest we all take up yoga. closeupready Oct 2012 #10

Or just indict them in the ICC! Proud Liberal Dem Oct 2012 #11

Du rec. Nt xchrom Oct 2012 #3

And yet so many have no clue what it's like. JNelson6563 Oct 2012 #4

Like many other situations, you can't really understand it until you've lived it. Arkansas Granny Oct 2012 #9

Mom, is that you? Art_from_Ark Oct 2012 #43

No, they sure don't. GoCubsGo Oct 2012 #14

never been without insurance for long hollysmom Oct 2012 #27

K&R n/t OneGrassRoot Oct 2012 #5

Cheap, plentiful energy is the real key. NoOneMan Oct 2012 #6

"The party is over" Why? Corporations and Bankers are doing better than ever. RepublicansRZombies Oct 2012 #13

Because there is finite energy NoOneMan Oct 2012 #15

oh, baloney. first, there never was a 'party' except for the rich. second, they're still partying. HiPointDem Oct 2012 #19

It means per capita wealth will decline NoOneMan Oct 2012 #20

not any time soon. HiPointDem Oct 2012 #21

Its already happening NoOneMan Oct 2012 #22

at the moment, known supplies of oil are increasing. which means that 'wealth' by your definition HiPointDem Oct 2012 #30

As in my example, the apple hole is infinitely deep NoOneMan Oct 2012 #33

it may be deep or shallow; my point is that it's not happening at present. HiPointDem Oct 2012 #34

I believe this illustrates exactly how bad our problem is NoOneMan Oct 2012 #36

all that typing to combat your own straw men. HiPointDem Oct 2012 #37

A straw man is a misrepresentation of an opponent's position NoOneMan Oct 2012 #41

"A straw man is a misrepresentation of an opponent's position" = yes. HiPointDem Oct 2012 #42

It really hit home for me a couple years ago when it dawned on me how many closed stores I walked... ieoeja Oct 2012 #8

It's the Main Street economy. This is why we are still not entirely sure that the President Egalitarian Thug Oct 2012 #12

The problem is the bailouts and stimulus saved corporations and banks, not Main Street. davidn3600 Oct 2012 #16

Exactly. And it's not like we didn't predict this four years ago. Egalitarian Thug Oct 2012 #17

The American People Buy Into The Bullshit That America Is "Broke" Yavin4 Oct 2012 #18

In pictorial form: coalition_unwilling Oct 2012 #38

"The economy" is cruel..."no matter what our politicians have tried." woo me with science Oct 2012 #23

+1,000,000,000 x 1,000,000,000 - Well put and definitely coalition_unwilling Oct 2012 #39

"When I say I believe in a square deal I do not mean to give every man the best hand. trouble.smith Oct 2012 #44

kick RepublicansRZombies Oct 2012 #24

537 Votes in Florida and 5-4 in the Supreme Court gulliver Oct 2012 #25

K&R woo me with science Oct 2012 #26

The Cheney/Bush economic legacy. (nt) Kurovski Oct 2012 #28

Good stuff. Thanks for posting. nt ProudProgressiveNow Oct 2012 #29

I'm in that "40%".. SomethingFishy Oct 2012 #31

Sorry to read this. It is far too common a story. n/t Egalitarian Thug Oct 2012 #32

that sucks!! RepublicansRZombies Oct 2012 #35

Emphatic K&R! - n/t coalition_unwilling Oct 2012 #40