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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 12:30 PM Original message |
Poll question: America's Wealth Inequality is a Crime. |
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Salviati (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. What I'd really like to see with figures of this kind |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 12:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Top 1%: $719,000 (In 1995 $) |
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gbwarming (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 07:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. That's income, wealth inequality is worse. Top1%=$10M, Bottom40%=$1k |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 09:09 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. That's a better break down, thanks! |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 12:41 PM Response to Reply #18 |
120. "one per centers" own 50% of our financial wealth |
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Atlant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
3. Kick (NT) |
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Jim Warren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
4. ....there's the rub! |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 01:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. It took me a long, long, time to accept that no nation can... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 01:35 AM Response to Reply #4 |
76. Why the tax structure was the way it was |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 12:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
121. What it amounts to is the top 5% control the country! |
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Terwilliger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
6. The bottom 40% own a WHOPPING two-tenths of ONE percent of the wealth |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 01:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. If being a Liberal means I have to accept it then I'm NOT... |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
8. The Class War is a reality. |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 10:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
56. Shut up! Shut up! |
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luckydevi (40 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 12:13 PM Response to Reply #8 |
115. India |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 02:51 PM Response to Reply #115 |
142. Alas, no. |
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luckydevi (40 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 03:17 PM Response to Reply #142 |
146. yes |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 03:48 PM Response to Reply #146 |
149. Perhaps |
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luckydevi (40 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 04:16 PM Response to Reply #149 |
151. - |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 04:33 PM Response to Reply #151 |
159. Your solution is? |
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luckydevi (40 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 05:04 PM Response to Reply #159 |
167. Well |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
9. Shameless kick. |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 07:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I know that this is a "sensitive" subject but... |
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cthrumatrix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
11. It's starts with jobs and fair pay....we all have seen the difference in |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 07:14 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. IIRC last year CEO pay went up 17% while the average worker got 2%. |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 07:46 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. entitlements.... |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
13. I don't know what can be done |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 07:43 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Prepare for the worst possible outcome in you imagination. |
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Pobeka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 07:54 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Yes, this is what worries me |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 09:04 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. I don't want that to happen to anyone. |
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JohnKleeb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
14. JM this is a shame |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 07:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. You and I are on the same page. |
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JohnKleeb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 09:11 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. yeah I know |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
20. I never thought I'd be part of the bottom 40%. |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
21. Ok, I'll bite |
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Aaron (489 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 09:07 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Is that in the original post? |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 09:17 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Its implied |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 09:26 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Answer the question! Is it OK with you? |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 09:36 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. See below (nt) |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 09:07 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Irrelevant. Sorry. |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 09:15 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Response |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 09:25 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Refer back to my ORIGINAL question. |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 09:36 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. In some cases |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 09:41 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. You answer a Macro Problem with a Micro answer/question. |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 10:05 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. I did answer the question |
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Pobeka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 10:34 PM Response to Reply #36 |
45. So I saw 1 white guy murder a woman |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 10:38 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Whoa! Big leap! Who said "Rich" should exist? |
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Pobeka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 10:40 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Who said rich shouldn't exist? |
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DagmarK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 10:50 PM Response to Reply #49 |
58. Rich is fine. But UTTER POVERTY for the masses |
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Pobeka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 10:53 PM Response to Reply #58 |
63. Totally agree |
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WhoCountsTheVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 06:56 PM Response to Reply #49 |
178. who said their shouldn't me a maximum number US $ a person can "own" |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 10:50 PM Response to Reply #47 |
57. Now you show your true colors |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 10:58 PM Response to Reply #57 |
65. You assume as usual. |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 09:43 AM Response to Reply #65 |
79. Thanks |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 10:09 AM Response to Reply #79 |
81. Hold your horses. I'm a registered Democrat. |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 10:20 AM Response to Reply #81 |
84. If you're a Socialist |
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BarbariansAtTheGate (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 10:23 AM Response to Reply #84 |
85. He is |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 10:23 AM Response to Reply #84 |
86. Psst. One can be a member of more than one Party. |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 10:31 AM Response to Reply #86 |
91. You See |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 10:34 AM Response to Reply #91 |
94. This is where we disagree. |
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Misinformed01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 10:44 AM Response to Reply #91 |
96. People like Michael: |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 10:54 AM Response to Reply #96 |
98. Nice List |
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Misinformed01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 11:00 AM Response to Reply #98 |
102. Dead, yes...but their ideas and dreams live on |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 11:07 AM Response to Reply #102 |
103. Meaningless |
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Misinformed01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 11:17 AM Response to Reply #103 |
105. You just answered yourself, and you |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 11:43 AM Response to Reply #105 |
109. Easy |
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recidivist (963 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 04:53 PM Response to Reply #109 |
164. Eloquent answer. |
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buddhamama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 11:22 AM Response to Reply #103 |
107. a sincere question |
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Misinformed01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 11:27 AM Response to Reply #107 |
108. And don't forget the people who |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 11:57 AM Response to Reply #107 |
111. Answer |
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Mairead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 12:26 PM Response to Reply #111 |
118. You're making a considerable number of errors here! |
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buddhamama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 01:30 PM Response to Reply #118 |
125. excellent points, Mairead |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 01:40 PM Response to Reply #125 |
128. Response |
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Mairead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 04:23 PM Response to Reply #125 |
156. Thanks, BuddhaMama...and I agree about the definition |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 01:35 PM Response to Reply #118 |
127. Oh Well |
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buddhamama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 02:01 PM Response to Reply #127 |
137. unrest in China |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 02:05 PM Response to Reply #137 |
138. Says who? |
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Mairead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 02:28 PM Response to Reply #127 |
139. That straw horse isn't going to carry your argument |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 02:36 PM Response to Reply #139 |
140. Question |
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Mairead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 03:17 PM Response to Reply #140 |
145. The sine qua non of real socialism is real democracy. |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 03:42 PM Response to Reply #145 |
147. So |
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Mairead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 04:21 PM Response to Reply #147 |
153. Again, you're conflating correlation with causality. You're also |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 04:28 PM Response to Reply #153 |
157. Question |
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Mairead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 04:38 PM Response to Reply #157 |
161. er, what? |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 05:12 PM Response to Reply #153 |
168. Another Question |
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Mairead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 06:17 PM Response to Reply #168 |
173. I don't think I've ever seen Socialism on the ballot, have you? |
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recidivist (963 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 05:23 PM Response to Reply #153 |
170. Surely you jest. The Aztecs were peaceful? Or the North American tribes? |
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Mairead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 06:35 PM Response to Reply #170 |
177. No, not at all |
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buddhamama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 01:19 PM Response to Reply #111 |
124. the slow death from capitalism |
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Mairead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 11:48 AM Response to Reply #98 |
110. You should think more carefully, if possible |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 12:04 PM Response to Reply #110 |
112. I think we agree |
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Mairead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 01:11 PM Response to Reply #112 |
122. No, we don't agree |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 01:44 PM Response to Reply #122 |
131. More Quibling |
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Mairead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 02:43 PM Response to Reply #131 |
141. It's not quibbling at all |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 02:51 PM Response to Reply #141 |
143. Is it majority rule? |
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Mairead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 03:45 PM Response to Reply #143 |
148. Yes, majority rule--that's democracy |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 04:18 PM Response to Reply #148 |
152. You are seriously naive |
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Mairead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 04:30 PM Response to Reply #152 |
158. Perhaps I am. Not about this, though. |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 05:01 PM Response to Reply #158 |
166. As I said before |
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Mairead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 05:43 PM Response to Reply #166 |
171. I think you'll find that divisions are more a function of capitalism |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 06:02 PM Response to Reply #171 |
172. Silly me |
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Mairead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 06:21 PM Response to Reply #172 |
174. Perhaps |
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drewb (564 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 04:51 PM Response to Reply #152 |
163. Pissing into the wind.... |
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WhoCountsTheVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 01:42 PM Response to Reply #110 |
130. The only people who believe communist propaganda |
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Mairead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 04:40 PM Response to Reply #130 |
162. har! Got that one right! |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 12:16 PM Response to Reply #96 |
116. Happily out of step! |
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Misinformed01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 01:50 PM Response to Reply #116 |
134. I did NOT forget Einstein or Orwell |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 01:58 PM Response to Reply #91 |
135. What the hell??? |
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Mairead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 06:11 AM Response to Reply #34 |
78. There are 4 groups of wealthy people, not 2 |
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Lauren2882 (313 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 06:33 PM Response to Reply #78 |
176. Inheritance = Exploitation? |
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Mairead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-13-03 02:14 PM Response to Reply #176 |
179. It's usually not actual cash, though, is it |
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Feanorcurufinwe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 11:36 PM Response to Reply #29 |
73. 'product of their labor' |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 05:37 AM Response to Reply #73 |
77. What percentage? |
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Pobeka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 10:06 PM Response to Reply #21 |
39. Yes, it is possible to earn it, but relatively few do. |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 10:13 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Thank you |
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Pobeka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 10:22 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. I don't know if the numbers are easily available |
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jbm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 11:23 PM Response to Reply #21 |
71. maybe... |
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Pobeka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 11:30 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. Yeah, I forgot about the government angle in my previous post |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 10:52 AM Response to Reply #21 |
97. i'll bite |
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DagmarK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
22. Wow, I always wanted to live in Mexico!!!!! |
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DagmarK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
24. We need to move to get the USA classified as a 3rd world nation |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
33. Since I found out today that I'm "Working Poor" .... |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 09:45 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Honestly? Regional differences may make your PERSONAL Jihad... |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 10:12 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Yeah, well it ain't much different here in the midwest. |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 10:18 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Tell that to Nederland! |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 01:32 PM Response to Reply #42 |
126. Hey! I KNEW this "Nederland" once! |
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Terwilliger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
44. With 84% saying something should be done...what does capitalism offer? |
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Pobeka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 10:36 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. I remember Bill Moyers interview with Bill Gates |
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freeforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 11:03 PM Response to Reply #46 |
67. LOL Pobeka! |
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Pobeka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 11:19 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. When you make a post like that |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 10:43 PM Response to Reply #44 |
51. Nothing |
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Pobeka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 10:49 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. I want a society |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 10:51 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. Agreed (nt) |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 10:51 PM Response to Reply #55 |
60. Honorable goals. |
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ChemEng (314 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
48. So what? What do you want to do? |
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Terwilliger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 10:42 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Yes, and I solved pi |
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ChemEng (314 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 10:46 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. Kum bah yah |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 10:55 AM Response to Reply #54 |
99. point out the injustice |
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Pobeka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 10:52 PM Response to Reply #50 |
61. What is the meaning of "solved pi" ? |
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Terwilliger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 12:28 AM Response to Reply #61 |
75. solved it to the last digit |
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berry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 12:26 AM Response to Reply #50 |
74. Some countries have had to start all over--for example, with land reform |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 01:58 PM Response to Reply #74 |
136. as I see it |
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Ein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 10:43 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. What I want to do... |
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ChemEng (314 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 10:57 PM Response to Reply #52 |
64. That is a non answer...give us specifics.... |
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Ein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 10:59 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. Go to a dictionary... |
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ChemEng (314 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 11:03 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. I'm not a dictionary, |
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Ein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 11:08 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. Fine |
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Mairead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 12:10 PM Response to Reply #64 |
113. Specifics? |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 10:44 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. What was your answer bigger boy?! |
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ChemEng (314 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 10:53 PM Response to Reply #53 |
62. I say tax wealth... |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 10:16 AM Response to Reply #62 |
83. That's an excellant idea. |
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WhoCountsTheVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 01:48 PM Response to Reply #48 |
133. I want to end redistribution |
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nn2004 (172 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
80. Where would you draw the line? |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 10:14 AM Response to Reply #80 |
82. Yes, No or Maybe? |
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Blue_Chill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 10:26 AM Response to Reply #82 |
87. Are you using peer pressure? |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 10:28 AM Response to Reply #87 |
89. Only on the ones that I consider "Peers"! |
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Blue_Chill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 10:32 AM Response to Reply #89 |
93. Desperate times? |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 12:11 PM Response to Reply #93 |
114. Oof. That was a cheap shot! |
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Blue_Chill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
88. hmm |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 10:30 AM Response to Reply #88 |
90. What does my opinion have to do with it? |
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Blue_Chill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 10:31 AM Response to Reply #90 |
92. I don't trust you, you damn commie pinko! |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 03:03 PM Response to Reply #92 |
144. I think the correct phrasing is: |
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WhoCountsTheVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 04:23 PM Response to Reply #144 |
155. hilarious, unions are illegal in communist countries |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 10:36 AM Response to Reply #90 |
95. Once Again |
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Terwilliger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 10:56 AM Response to Reply #95 |
100. It's a crime committed by many individuals |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 11:10 AM Response to Reply #100 |
104. All? or Many? |
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Terwilliger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 04:22 PM Response to Reply #104 |
154. Paul Newman has given away nearly every cent he ever made |
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Jim Warren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
101. and the chatter ensues........ |
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recidivist (963 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
106. Partial but practical solution: "privatize" Social Security. |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 12:25 PM Response to Reply #106 |
117. Who invented? |
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recidivist (963 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 12:39 PM Response to Reply #117 |
119. The idea that labor is collective ... |
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recidivist (963 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 01:16 PM Response to Reply #117 |
123. Another point. Wealth does not rely on the deprivation of others. |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 05:18 PM Response to Reply #123 |
169. Not a zero-sum game, but not the open-ended cornucopia you envision, eithe |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 06:25 PM Response to Reply #123 |
175. Wealth accumulating unlimited in the hands of a few does deprive others. |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
129. No |
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Loonman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
132. But.......................................................... |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
150. Unfair Choices |
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recidivist (963 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 04:35 PM Response to Reply #150 |
160. Of course there is something we could do. |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-12-03 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
165. People who strive the most and take the risks should be rewarded, BUT |
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