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Sinistrous

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3. *Robber Barons*

Reply to erronis (Reply #2)

Sun May 17, 2020, 02:44 PM

May 2020

I think it is time to re-energize the term “robber barons” and begin to use it instead of the much more nebulous and now overused “1 percenters.” I think that would nicely irritate the hell out of people who seriously need tp be irritated.

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That is what you and I and millions of other want to know............ turbinetree May 2020 #7

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On a tangent. How do you think W/Cheney would have handled this? Reagan? erronis May 2020 #2

*Robber Barons* Sinistrous May 2020 #3

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