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lpbk2713

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25. Shit-for-Brains comes clean.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Mar 26, 2013, 01:14 PM

Mar 2013

"But ya gotta admit ... I did a real good job of
fuggin up the economy."

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$59!?! [View all] kpete Mar 2013 OP

And I bet... Ron Obvious Mar 2013 #1

K & R !!! WillyT Mar 2013 #2

Houses don't cost thirty thousand bucks anymore, either NBachers Mar 2013 #3

No they don't . zeemike Mar 2013 #14

The house next to my parents went for $30,000. OnyxCollie Mar 2013 #22

Are there a lot of jobs where your parents live? HiPointDem Mar 2013 #35

Not so many OnyxCollie Mar 2013 #39

gas isn't 50cents a gallon, eggs are not 30 a dozen, and most people are working many more than niyad Mar 2013 #28

This is why it's critical that we cut the social safety nets! nt woo me with science Mar 2013 #4

So this is saying that income for most Americans has kept up with inflation since 1966? Incitatus Mar 2013 #5

No, it doesn't seem like it to me either Ron Obvious Mar 2013 #6

and there are two workers per family not just one. rurallib Mar 2013 #8

Two workers, or more, with multiple jobs. xtraxritical Mar 2013 #16

They don't take debt into consideration. woo me with science Mar 2013 #10

It's "the company store". xtraxritical Mar 2013 #17

Income for veterinarians has NEVER kept up with inflation. Hell, I knew that kestrel91316 Mar 2013 #11

I wish you were paid what you are worth! redstatebluegirl Mar 2013 #12

I wish I were, too. Thank you. kestrel91316 Mar 2013 #27

Where I live Vets fees are outrageous and they won't help you without beucoup bucks up front. xtraxritical Mar 2013 #18

I was about to say "same with MDs" but erronis Mar 2013 #20

You know the truth! xtraxritical Mar 2013 #23

What do you consider outrageous? $5 for an exam? kestrel91316 Mar 2013 #26

I have horses and a bunch of pets. Blanks Mar 2013 #29

Same here - I will not complain about my vet bills EVER csziggy Mar 2013 #30

I'm thinking it probably kept up better than income for say, meatpacking workers. HiPointDem Mar 2013 #36

That's not what it's saying. That $59 gain is average for the whole 90% Gormy Cuss Mar 2013 #24

If we're going to speculate here, it also seems likely ... surrealAmerican Mar 2013 #37

Income increasing more rapid than inflation is a great thing. NCTraveler Mar 2013 #7

What's with all the wing-ding "Defenders of the Faith-Based" on HuffPo? HughBeaumont Mar 2013 #9

Thank you, from David Cay Johnston davidcay Mar 2013 #31

No, not my real name, just liked the show growing up. HughBeaumont Mar 2013 #32

Part of the reason is the fall of the soviet bloc and US subversion and balkanization of every HiPointDem Mar 2013 #34

Thank you, for a most important column muriel_volestrangler Mar 2013 #38

They get the whole pie, we get to fight over the crumbs. This isn't right! Initech Mar 2013 #13

Don't let it trickle down on me and tell me it's raining The Second Stone Mar 2013 #15

Yup!! It's how the oligarchy rolls! hue Mar 2013 #19

Don't let the rulers see this! malthaussen Mar 2013 #21

Shit-for-Brains comes clean. lpbk2713 Mar 2013 #25

KR!! HiPointDem Mar 2013 #33