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navarth

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Thu Jan 26, 2012, 12:17 PM Jan 2012

Hey friends, need a little quick help with some fact links about the 1% screwing the 99% [View all]

I know it's lame of me to ask, but I need to do this quick so I'm going to ask for some links I can post. The google search is going too slowly and I'm hoping that a bunch of you will be able to help me with some undeniable facts I can post. I've been carrying on a conversation/argument with a guy on facebook about the Occupy Patriots and he's...not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I'm just not ready to give up on him. He's clearly bought into the meme that Occupy is all about jealousy of the rich (classic projection there??) and I've finally wrangled him into a spot where he's asking for facts.

I'm going to continue searching and googling but if some of you good folks can offer assistance, who knows? Maybe I can reach this guy. I've gone out of my way not to use ad hominem (tempted though I may be, he really is a doofus) so I don't think his mind is totally closed.

Any help is greatly appreciated. Please keep it simple! As I said this guy is not the smartest person you'll ever run into. But I hope to reach him, and I'll continue my own research in the meantime.

Thanks so much,

Navarth

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Massive inequality destroyed Rome. lumberjack_jeff Jan 2012 #1
thanks, Mr. lumberjack navarth Jan 2012 #5
Well, Johnson20 Jan 2012 #15
As more and more wealthy romans were exempted from taxation lumberjack_jeff Jan 2012 #16
See my remark below.n/t Johnson20 Jan 2012 #23
The sourcing on that site is shaky, to say the least Blue_Tires Jan 2012 #17
This is a direct quote from Johnson20 Jan 2012 #22
Of course I read it Blue_Tires Jan 2012 #24
What are your thoughts on how the 1% have screwed the 99%? cbayer Jan 2012 #2
referring to me? navarth Jan 2012 #7
I guess I am unsure as to what you mean by "rock solid facts". cbayer Jan 2012 #10
um, navarth Jan 2012 #12
For a comical look, send him this piece from the Daily Show cbayer Jan 2012 #14
thanks! eom navarth Jan 2012 #25
I'm not sure what kind of facts would help Kellerfeller Jan 2012 #3
Precisely, thank you. navarth Jan 2012 #8
A good place to start would be the first episode of Moyers & Company cbayer Jan 2012 #4
Duh!! Why didn't I think of this one... navarth Jan 2012 #9
try this link (Mother Jones infographs) limpyhobbler Jan 2012 #6
These are excedllent, thanks navarth Jan 2012 #11
The full text of the US tax code should fit the bill. It is written by the 1% to kestrel91316 Jan 2012 #13
This person should care about inequality. PETRUS Jan 2012 #18
Oh of course he should! Problem is... navarth Jan 2012 #19
Good luck. PETRUS Jan 2012 #20
Ha. Thanks... navarth Jan 2012 #21
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