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Related: About this forumAmerica's Idiot Rich
http://www.salon.com/2012/05/07/americas_idiot_rich/?source=newsletterAmerica's Idiot Rich
The 1 percent is complaining louder than ever. There can be no reasoning with people this irrational
By Alex Pareene at Salon
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Heres a brief list of insane things that are apparently common knowledge among the billionaire class:
That President Obama and the Democratic Party have treated wealthy finance industry titans maliciously and unfairly.
That the fact that they are perversely wealthy and growing richer during a period of mass unemployment and staggering debt is a sign that the economy is functioning correctly.
That poor people, and not the finance industry, are responsible for the financial crisis and subsequent recession.
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America's Idiot Rich (Original Post)
applegrove
May 2012
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Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)1. In England, they would be called "upper class twits"

applegrove
(131,036 posts)2. LOL!
bemildred
(90,061 posts)3. Nothing is more pathetic than the fabulously wealthy whining about how they are mistreated. nt
