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Hortensis

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8. "We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sun May 26, 2019, 05:26 PM

May 2019

concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both."

Nancy Pelosi at her swearing in as Democratic House Speaker, quoting Justice Louis Brandeis, whose generations chose democracy.

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One brutal sentence captures what a disaster money in America has become [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2019 OP

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I like my theory of wealth redistribution. CaptYossarian May 2019 #3

So what do you do if you're a non-rich person who saves? jmowreader May 2019 #10

It's meant to make Mitt Romney crazy. CaptYossarian May 2019 #14

the booming economy! KT2000 May 2019 #2

The economy sucks! ProudLib72 May 2019 #4

Wow ck4829 May 2019 #5

Retirement or suicide? SCVDem May 2019 #6

The 26 richest people in the world have more wealth than the bottom 50% (3.8 plus billion people) Celerity May 2019 #7

"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth Hortensis May 2019 #8

This is very bad. Has there been a study to show exactly why? Honeycombe8 May 2019 #9

Our candidates must educate Americans about this inequality. PatrickforO May 2019 #11

Reward work, not wealth moondust May 2019 #12

"Free Enterprise" means just about anything goes. Free to impoverish, exploit, steal, Auggie May 2019 #13

Not surprising. Many, many people have more car debt alone than they have retirement savings. MadDAsHell May 2019 #15