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baldguy

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2. It's about power. The little people need to be shown their place & kept there.

Reply to Kablooie (Original post)

Sun Dec 30, 2012, 08:59 AM

Dec 2012

They support policies that keep themselves rich, but make everyone else poor. One more way to expand their influence over the govt, and decrease the political influence of lesser people.

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Why do the rich support a party that pulls the economy down? [View all] Kablooie Dec 2012 OP

The 1% live here, but their money doesn't. WinkyDink Dec 2012 #1

Very true!!! meti57b Dec 2012 #3

It's about power. The little people need to be shown their place & kept there. baldguy Dec 2012 #2

When people are poor, too, they'll work for peanuts. nt MADem Dec 2012 #8

Bingo, we have a winner! CanonRay Dec 2012 #10

It doesn't pull their economy down. Google plutonomy. Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #4

Short sales reteachinwi Dec 2012 #5

Yep. They make their money either way. DCKit Dec 2012 #11

You can't feel properly rich unless there are a lot of poor people to look down on Fumesucker Dec 2012 #6

The rich are looking past the short term madokie Dec 2012 #7

The rich have their own economy. It is doing just fine. djean111 Dec 2012 #9

When greed takes over there is no more logic. They will kill the goose hoping for one more golden rhett o rick Dec 2012 #12