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Deep13

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6. They accept as normal that companies will screw them any chance they can.

Reply to Ken Burch (Original post)

Sun Nov 17, 2013, 09:54 PM

Nov 2013

Getting angry at corporate greed is like getting angry at a tornado. It is just an inevitable fact of life. They do not seem to understand that the people running those companies made a conscious decision to screw people.

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Why are they angry at Obama, but not their insurers? [View all] Ken Burch Nov 2013 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author RKP5637 Nov 2013 #1

Outrage at our saintly corporate masters? Liberal Veteran Nov 2013 #2

Excellent question! I chalk it up to Idiocracy on their part. n/t RKP5637 Nov 2013 #3

Easy - coordinated messaging Moliere Nov 2013 #4

Because they are being manipulated and led. MythosMaster Nov 2013 #5

They accept as normal that companies will screw them any chance they can. Deep13 Nov 2013 #6

As poster#5 stated, they were manipulated and led. truebluegreen Nov 2013 #7

Obama didn't cancel their junk insurance policies... Historic NY Nov 2013 #8

They watch TV Blecht Nov 2013 #9

Because Obama made them do it. progressoid Nov 2013 #10

People are mad at the President because they are trapped in a box with no clear way out. bluestate10 Nov 2013 #11

Same reason they vote against their own best arthritisR_US Nov 2013 #12

They are angry at Obama... Bigmack Nov 2013 #13

Because the god damned thing was written by insurers and Obama let them write it. Luminous Animal Nov 2013 #14

+1000 RC Nov 2013 #15