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In reply to the discussion: The Trillion Dollare Money Pump for the 1% [View all]B Calm
(28,762 posts)28. If anybody knows what is going on, Robert Reich does! K&R
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It is being put in practice. If everyone VOTED, it would be implemented nationwide.
SunSeeker
Oct 2013
#18
Bullshit. The parties are not the same. The graph went up sharply under Clinton. nt
SunSeeker
Oct 2013
#7
There's folks who like to push the "both parties are same" meme to depress the Dem vote.
SunSeeker
Oct 2013
#40
Excellent observation. Low tax rates cause the rich to pull money out, not reinvest.
SunSeeker
Oct 2013
#20
Yes - It's taking this long to recover from Bush crashing the economy (DUH).
groundloop
Oct 2013
#14
The 1% are the one problem from which our others spring, always have been. n/t
Egalitarian Thug
Oct 2013
#21
the early 70s saw 1) the oil slump turn into stagflation; on top of that 2) the ecologists and women
MisterP
Oct 2013
#34