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Girard442

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9. Quite right about that.

Reply to VMA131Marine (Reply #5)

Mon Jan 23, 2017, 11:33 AM

Jan 2017

The very rich do want more money, but what they want far more than that is to maintain their position on the top of the heap. A vibrant, burgeoning, confident middle class is a threat to their world order. They want the whole world to look like Haiti: an handful of elites in a decadent opulent existence ruling over a populace crushed into submission by grinding poverty.

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Someone help me understand the thought process of the 1% [View all] Txbluedog Jan 2017 OP

They want austerity come hell or high water SHRED Jan 2017 #1

What's wrong with you? Turbineguy Jan 2017 #2

They know what most Americans don't: trickle-down economics will destroy the American economy BlueCaliDem Jan 2017 #3

Greed is a disease and greed is all the one percent know. sarcasmo Jan 2017 #4

You're not really talking about the top 1% VMA131Marine Jan 2017 #5

Quite right about that. Girard442 Jan 2017 #9

Americans are geocentric about this concept. world wide wally Jan 2017 #6

Oligarchs exist world wide. They don't see themselves as belonging to any nation-state. KittyWampus Jan 2017 #8

They have a spiritual void inside themselves they try to fill with material things. KittyWampus Jan 2017 #7

Their goal is to extract wealth from you to the point that you are indebted to them for life. Yavin4 Jan 2017 #10

there are suckers in other countries to get profits from. unblock Jan 2017 #11

Henry Ford knew that. moondust Jan 2017 #12

You'd think they'd get the simple concept of "disposable income" and follow Henry Ford's, ... brush Jan 2017 #13

Have some sympathy! TransitJohn Jan 2017 #14