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Autumn

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25. The biggest problem we people have is that the people we elect never have to choose between

Reply to ProfessorPlum (Original post)

Tue Feb 5, 2019, 09:22 PM

Feb 2019

food or medicine. They don't have to worry about taking off work to care for a sick child or parent. They don't have to worry if when they have a car problem, do they pay rent or do they fix their car. Do they pay for an unplanned expense or their utilities. They never have to worry about co pays and deductibles on their health care. They never have to make a choice. They take very good care of their needs while giving lip service to ours.

If politicians had to live like most Americans have to live, things would be vastly different.

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Americans are told almost constantly to eat shit. Of course the whining of billionaire assholes [View all] ProfessorPlum Feb 2019 OP

And that's exactly what we do...eat shit. Constantly. DontBooVote Feb 2019 #1

To hear Republicans talk Proud Liberal Dem Feb 2019 #20

If the richest people in the country had to pay more in taxes, CrispyQ Feb 2019 #2

In 107 years of income tax, 50 of them had top marginal rates of 70%... JHB Feb 2019 #3

_and_ they got to live in a much nicer society for everyone ProfessorPlum Feb 2019 #4

During those years we had the Interstate Highway system built LiberalArkie Feb 2019 #15

It's a mystery! Wait, correction... JHB Feb 2019 #18

I wold like to point out that since there are no more turn back funds, the cities, counties and LiberalArkie Feb 2019 #22

Exactly!!! PatSeg Feb 2019 #21

We need to turn the clock back - to BEFORE Ronald Reagan! FakeNoose Feb 2019 #5

Kick for truth. BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2019 #6

Thank You Professor McKim Feb 2019 #7

Excellent post. Thank you. Delmette2.0 Feb 2019 #8

K & R mountain grammy Feb 2019 #9

Old saying from the '70's still true today Runningdawg Feb 2019 #10

Well stated. Even dumb, toothless republicans can understand that. pangaia Feb 2019 #11

K&R geardaddy Feb 2019 #12

I'm getting pretty sick of the flavor.. 2naSalit Feb 2019 #13

I predict:In 2100 billionaires will be like slave owners from 1800s -- gone leaving a painful memory Dorn Feb 2019 #14

I always thought that your taxes should not be based on how much you earn, world wide wally Feb 2019 #16

4% - and he's peaking right there. dchill Feb 2019 #17

Ya, 4%. Just enough to give the election to Trump louis c Feb 2019 #19

It is OK. We middle-class tax payers can afford to pay thousands more in taxes this year... debsy Feb 2019 #23

I don't understand why people in this country are so complacent. smirkymonkey Feb 2019 #24

The biggest problem we people have is that the people we elect never have to choose between Autumn Feb 2019 #25

yes, they would ProfessorPlum Feb 2019 #26

K&R ck4829 Feb 2019 #27

Retrumplican would eat a yard of billionaire shit, just to see where it came from maxrandb Feb 2019 #28