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redqueen

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24. You misunderstand the problem.

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 11:48 AM

Feb 2013

It is so unexceptional that there are percentages over 100. Really, it is.

And more than that, it has been explained to you, more than once.

It is this kind of lack of critical thinking skills, or even the faintest intellectual curiosity on the part of far, far too many people, which makes it so easy for the parasites at the top to they away with this shit.

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The Richest 1 Percent Have Captured 121 Percent Of Income Gains During The Recovery [View all] Fumesucker Feb 2013 OP

What's even more depressing than this news deutsey Feb 2013 #1

Without a President committed to the middle class it could have been way worse! nt Bonobo Feb 2013 #2

<blink> Fumesucker Feb 2013 #5

Like I been telling people who complain about the rise in the cost of living-- Jackpine Radical Feb 2013 #27

Who cares? Cal Carpenter Feb 2013 #3

Boy did I get my ass kicked around for expressing similar thoughts. Jackpine Radical Feb 2013 #28

Well you can't offend the Third Wayers around here........ socialist_n_TN Feb 2013 #35

The "Recovery" made 99% of America poorer kenny blankenship Feb 2013 #41

There is a simple reason they aren't "all over it"........ socialist_n_TN Feb 2013 #42

I'm sorry.... but AlbertCat Feb 2013 #4

I did put this quote in the OP Fumesucker Feb 2013 #6

Someone who can't be bothered to read past headlines... TheMadMonk Feb 2013 #13

Someone who can't be bothered to read past headlines... AlbertCat Feb 2013 #16

"Math is hard" -Barbie Fumesucker Feb 2013 #17

"Math is hard" -Barbie AlbertCat Feb 2013 #18

Yes, the 1% got it all of the gains and then some Fumesucker Feb 2013 #20

If you have $100 to your name and the bill to fix your car comes to $121 AlbertCat Feb 2013 #22

Percentages over 100 are used a lot in math heavy subjects like engineering Fumesucker Feb 2013 #30

This is not engineering AlbertCat Feb 2013 #31

they got all the gains, plus some of what *you* already had. your loss they also gained. + HiPointDem Feb 2013 #47

"then it goes on like a math word problem.... who wants to read any further?" redqueen Feb 2013 #21

This is a seriously fucking depressing thread. AlbertCat Feb 2013 #23

You misunderstand the problem. redqueen Feb 2013 #24

It is this kind of lack of critical thinking skills, or even the faintest intellectual curiosity AlbertCat Feb 2013 #32

You Could Reach That Number By Confiscating The Wealth Lost By The Losers TheMastersNemesis Feb 2013 #26

Your reply and arguments are a perfect example of how this happened. n/t Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #34

Why did we think it would be differet this time around? Puzzledtraveller Feb 2013 #7

Without major economic re-organization Cal Carpenter Feb 2013 #11

Government can't force businesses to create opportunity. DaveJ Feb 2013 #8

Agree. So GOVERNMENT should create opportunity....... socialist_n_TN Feb 2013 #36

So infuriating! libtodeath Feb 2013 #9

du rec. nt xchrom Feb 2013 #10

Priorities, we haz them. raouldukelives Feb 2013 #12

How is it possible for the 1 percent to capture more than all of the nation�s income gains? G_j Feb 2013 #14

This is exactly why laundry_queen Feb 2013 #15

Gotta return the narrative to the 1% versus the 99%. It appears that is the only way these problems Fire Walk With Me Feb 2013 #19

"Economic recovery in the US actually made 99% of Americans poorer, kenny blankenship Feb 2013 #25

So depressing. TDale313 Feb 2013 #29

K&R woo me with science Feb 2013 #33

But of fucking course. lonestarnot Feb 2013 #37

Saw that, got pissed upi402 Feb 2013 #38

kick woo me with science Feb 2013 #39

kick woo me with science Feb 2013 #40

kick woo me with science Feb 2013 #43

Kick woo me with science Feb 2013 #44

All of something adds up to 100%. I don't dispute economic inequity, it most be eliminated. bluestate10 Feb 2013 #45

I suppose if you are innumerate that doesn't make sense Fumesucker Feb 2013 #46

The 1% got 121% of the total gains, because the rest of us 99% lost 21% of those gains. reformist2 Feb 2013 #48