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In reply to the discussion: IMF suggests nations tax the rich to lower deficits [View all]RainDog
(28,784 posts)23. what's so weird
about this moment is that the "usual suspects" among the elite are responding to the current pending economic crisis while the Republicans fiddle with their tea bags.
That's what happens when you have to appeal to extremists to maintain any political power at the federal level - and, it seems for the Republicans, when their dominance is threatened, they decide to just blow up the world, economically.
One thing this crisis has indicated it that Republicans are not the party of fiscal responsibility.
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I think you're onto something. After the poor and middle class are carved out they will
RKP5637
Oct 2013
#30
Europe is worse off than the U.S. economically. Things are getting bad globally.
yardwork
Oct 2013
#16
In this case, the wealthy and the middle and lower classes are on the same side
RainDog
Oct 2013
#38
Think it might have anything to do with their recently new Managing Director, Christine Lagarde?
MH1
Oct 2013
#11
Adam Smith may not be as one-sided and shallow as conservatives make him out to be.
MH1
Oct 2013
#18
She speaks out of both sides of her mouth, but at lease she sees two sides.
mountain grammy
Oct 2013
#19
"and fight against growing income inequalities." << also an important clause of the statement
MH1
Oct 2013
#22
This political and economic climate makes for the damndest bedfellows.
BluegrassStateBlues
Oct 2013
#41