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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 04:39 PM Original message |
The Economic Elite Have Engineered a Coup, Threatening the Existence of the Middle Class |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. Honestly, recs 30 second after this is posted are as bad as unrecs 30 seconds after. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 07:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. Personally, I would rec it on the title alone :) |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 01:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
50. I would have recced based on the first paragraph alone. If our so-called |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. Aren't they a little late to the party? |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 04:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Whatever DUers were talking about it have been replaced by DUers apologizing for the status quo |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 07:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. That is so true, Political Heretic |
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Voice for Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 10:18 AM Response to Reply #15 |
35. Corn Pone Hitler? |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 11:58 AM Response to Reply #35 |
43. Whups. Forgot to give props "kudos to James Kunstler for that term" |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 11:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
25. I was one of the suckers, untill Obama shoved a knife in my back. |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
4. Great piece. Here's what our favorite ex-DUer PUMA Perry Logan had to say in the Comments section: |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 05:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Should just remind him that she carries water for the Obama administration now. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
5. Mission Accomplished! |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 07:12 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. +1000 nt |
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Foo Fighter (621 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 10:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
22. Well said! |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 09:09 AM Response to Reply #5 |
31. Obama and his Corporate Administration sickens me. I can't stand the sight of any of them. |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 12:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
44. Destroy civilian jobs to encourage military recruitment ...and the cheer leaders here are happy. |
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BonnieJW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 12:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
45. And yet the repubs condemn Obama hourly. |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 01:22 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. They did the same to Clinton - all the while he gave them everything they could want. n/t |
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nxylas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 01:36 PM Response to Reply #45 |
51. It helps maintain the illusion of choice |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 03:24 PM Response to Reply #45 |
53. It's all a good cop/bad cop play.... |
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ipaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
6. The working class has been telling the middle class for years that they were next. All the while the |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 07:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Wonder how far up or how high the numbers have to get before people wake up? nt |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 10:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. +100000 n/t |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 11:03 PM Response to Reply #6 |
26. I hear you. n/t |
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DisgustedInMN (956 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 06:43 AM Response to Reply #6 |
29. The "upper middle class" won't.. |
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RedRoses323 (175 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 09:21 AM Response to Reply #6 |
33. Agree... |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
8. Part II here: |
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KillCapitalism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
9. The article is dead-on. |
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gulliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
10. The Middle Class is doing it to themselves |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 07:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Very true about many people, unfortunately |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 11:09 PM Response to Reply #10 |
28. This one sentence of yours did it for me: |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
12. the financialization of all areas of life.... |
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Union Yes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
16. Serf wages for all. knr nt |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
19. We still can vote!! |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 11:03 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. If voting changed anything they would make it illegal. |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 11:56 AM Response to Reply #27 |
42. +1 |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
20. I can't argue with any of that. Rec. nt |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
21. k & R |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
23. We've been had. Obama is just another Corporatist. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
24. k & r |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
30. Just the 'faux' middle class |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
32. kr |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
34. I call bullshit |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 10:30 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. You're blaming the victim on this one |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 11:06 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. I am guessing you are the one in one hundred |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 10:57 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Yeah, voting worked soo well in '08.... |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 11:10 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. I promise you one thing |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 12:12 PM Response to Reply #39 |
46. They must be separated from the means of production. |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 01:20 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. since it's a pose no worries, but thank you for the snub |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 03:34 PM Response to Reply #48 |
55. ... yawn |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 03:42 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. egg-zackitly |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 03:37 PM Response to Reply #39 |
56. I totally agree with you. There is literally no hope for the poor. They cant storm the Bastille |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 03:41 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. see |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 03:53 PM Response to Reply #58 |
66. Bitter yes, tongue in cheek no way. I am sorry too few of my class recognize |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 03:57 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. yes as a matter of fact |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 04:02 PM Response to Reply #66 |
71. Violence is not rewarding. Revolutions are awful, and anyone who's seen one would agree |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 04:19 PM Response to Reply #71 |
74. Like that American revolution... |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 04:27 PM Response to Reply #74 |
79. This is not like that. This would be more like the Civil War. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 04:31 PM Response to Reply #74 |
81. I wish. But IMHO the American Revolution was unique. We were a whole continent away from our enemy |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 04:38 PM Response to Reply #81 |
82. American revolutionaries also had a goal and set of unifying principles |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 06:59 PM Response to Reply #82 |
92. Where did you ever get your goal for the revolution? |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 07:44 PM Response to Reply #92 |
96. Where I see it going? Likely eventual Balkanization, regional wars, even a second Dark Ages |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 04:27 PM Response to Reply #71 |
78. Damnit. Leave reality out of this. You certainly know how to kill a buzz. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 11:15 AM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Deleted sub-thread |
Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 03:33 PM Response to Reply #34 |
54. And the wealthy white person voice weighs in to the discussion. "It's not our fault!" |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 03:44 PM Response to Reply #54 |
60. A man walks into a 7-11 with a gun and demands all the money. |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 04:00 PM Response to Reply #60 |
69. rhett o rick |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 04:24 PM Response to Reply #69 |
77. It's not about *YOU* you egotistical lunatic. |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 05:10 PM Response to Reply #77 |
85. well it became personal |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 04:40 PM Response to Reply #69 |
83. You say the poor has nothing to complain about because they have allowed the |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 05:16 PM Response to Reply #83 |
86. no you extended it too far |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 06:46 PM Response to Reply #86 |
91. I accept kooky, but I have a very hard time believing that anyone in the top1/2% weathy ruling class |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 03:48 PM Response to Reply #54 |
64. This could be interesting... |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 03:54 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. after 13 brazillian posts here do you think |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 07:01 PM Response to Reply #64 |
93. They are only nervous because the middle class still has a lot of money to loot. |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 03:51 PM Response to Reply #54 |
65. let's see I'm technically |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 04:15 PM Response to Reply #65 |
73. Rich, White, Entitlement. Gotta love it. No one has said you don't "deserve the things you have" |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 05:29 PM Response to Reply #73 |
88. oh you did the we |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 07:10 PM Response to Reply #88 |
94. I'm quite comfortable letting my post, and your response to it, stand on their own for all to see. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 04:48 PM Response to Reply #65 |
84. I am sorry but I dont believe you. I may be wrong but to get into the top 1/2 % it is impossible |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 03:40 PM Response to Reply #34 |
57. I call Godwin's law... |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 03:47 PM Response to Reply #57 |
62. Yes, but the victory is hollow if the loser is ambivalent. nt |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 03:47 PM Response to Reply #57 |
63. oh god the brilliance it hurts |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 03:46 PM Response to Reply #34 |
61. It's not that your class wants to kill us, it's that you dont care if we die. |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 04:01 PM Response to Reply #61 |
70. okay |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 04:22 PM Response to Reply #70 |
75. That's pretty much what he just said. |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 05:19 PM Response to Reply #75 |
87. wow you've found an enemy right under your nose |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 07:11 PM Response to Reply #87 |
95. Once again, its not about YOU. Try to repeat that to yourself a few thousand times. |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-10 09:13 AM Response to Reply #95 |
97. I'm just curious |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
41. K&R. |
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northofdenali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
47. No shit? |
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DuaneBidoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
52. Warren Buffett said it: There is a class warfare. My side started it and my side's winning. |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
72. K&R |
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winyanstaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
76. Yes we can no longer ignore that we are under attack... |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
80. and the Middle Class went along to get along with it for 30 FUCKING YEARS |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
89. What income levels describe the middle class? |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 06:17 PM Response to Reply #89 |
90. The real distinction: Working class=you earn a wage; upper class=your money makes money |
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