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our country's problem is not one of political faction or partisanship datasuspect Oct 2013 #1
+1 xchrom Oct 2013 #2
If you really think the parties are the same, why are you a DUer? nt SunSeeker Oct 2013 #8
some of us agree with the theory of the democratic party datasuspect Oct 2013 #10
+1000 LuvNewcastle Oct 2013 #12
It is being put in practice. If everyone VOTED, it would be implemented nationwide. SunSeeker Oct 2013 #18
Respectfully.... ReRe Oct 2013 #23
Respectfully, if Dems all voted, it would put a spine in those Dems. SunSeeker Oct 2013 #41
OK... I agree with that. ReRe Oct 2013 #44
You left out...... daleanime Oct 2013 #3
you are correct datasuspect Oct 2013 #4
Bullshit. The parties are not the same. The graph went up sharply under Clinton. nt SunSeeker Oct 2013 #7
Never said they were the same..... daleanime Oct 2013 #38
There's folks who like to push the "both parties are same" meme to depress the Dem vote. SunSeeker Oct 2013 #40
And there is no one pushing any.... daleanime Oct 2013 #43
It's one thing to not like some of the terms of a deal... SunSeeker Oct 2013 #45
It is good to see people waking up to the theater. woo me with science Oct 2013 #17
we have a choice of getting screwed with lube or without yurbud Oct 2013 #30
100% correct, and I for one will no longer play the game. liberal_at_heart Oct 2013 #42
Superimpose that graph over a graph of the top marginal tax rate... Blanks Oct 2013 #5
Excellent observation. Low tax rates cause the rich to pull money out, not reinvest. SunSeeker Oct 2013 #20
I wish more people noticed the correlation. eom Blanks Oct 2013 #25
What does this graph look like for other countries? nt SunSeeker Oct 2013 #6
2008 and on should look better than it does seveneyes Oct 2013 #9
Yes - It's taking this long to recover from Bush crashing the economy (DUH). groundloop Oct 2013 #14
Obama had 24 working days of a filibuster proof majority in the Senate. SunSeeker Oct 2013 #19
FYI ReRe Oct 2013 #26
The 1 % is the enemy. L0oniX Oct 2013 #11
And yet...the 1% are the 1% only because we allow them to be. Orsino Oct 2013 #32
Great post BethMomDem Oct 2013 #13
Looks like class warfare to me. And working people are losing. JEB Oct 2013 #15
Excellent post. K&R woo me with science Oct 2013 #16
The 1% are the one problem from which our others spring, always have been. n/t Egalitarian Thug Oct 2013 #21
Yes, it's the cheap labor conservatives, and it started in the 70s. bemildred Oct 2013 #22
k&r for the truth, however depressing it may be. n/t Laelth Oct 2013 #24
K&R ReRe Oct 2013 #27
If anybody knows what is going on, Robert Reich does! K&R B Calm Oct 2013 #28
K & R !!! WillyT Oct 2013 #29
Warren Buffet said it best, MindMover Oct 2013 #31
so what happened in the mid 1970s? hfojvt Oct 2013 #33
the early 70s saw 1) the oil slump turn into stagflation; on top of that 2) the ecologists and women MisterP Oct 2013 #34
When the President of the USA fires air traffic controllers ... MindMover Oct 2013 #37
The current downward spiral has its genesis in the Federal government's refusal to subject indepat Oct 2013 #35
What happened in the mid 1970s? BKH70041 Oct 2013 #36
K & R Quantess Oct 2013 #39
world trade, efficiency and productivity gains due to automation Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #46
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