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bigdarryl

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1. Theses people are nuts

Reply to geardaddy (Original post)

Fri Jan 17, 2014, 04:51 PM

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Millionaire NYT Columnist David Brooks: Poor PeopleWon�t Be Poor If They Just Act Like Rich People [View all] geardaddy Jan 2014 OP

Theses people are nuts bigdarryl Jan 2014 #1

Poor people really need to hire themselves some decent K Street lobbyists. jsr Jan 2014 #2

Bingo! geardaddy Jan 2014 #3

The law permits the poor, as well as the rich, Jackpine Radical Jan 2014 #4

Yep, it's fair! geardaddy Jan 2014 #5

. Wilms Jan 2014 #6

Oooh, that's good. geardaddy Jan 2014 #8

Just take it. Wilms Jan 2014 #11

Ha! geardaddy Jan 2014 #13

He's an idiot. nt B2G Jan 2014 #7

No, Brooks is a propagandist Fumesucker Jan 2014 #12

Gee, that's funny. johnp3907 Jan 2014 #9

... geardaddy Jan 2014 #10

I think he's still smoking pot and lyin' about it if this "pearl of wisdom" is any example. n/t deafskeptic Jan 2014 #19

Pot generally tends to mellow people out and make them nicer Fumesucker Jan 2014 #24

when I smoked on a regular basis dlwickham Jan 2014 #27

I think I should have said smoked crack instead of pot. my bad :P n/t deafskeptic Jan 2014 #38

I've done that once and it did nothing for me dlwickham Jan 2014 #39

Brooks's nonsense actually kills people. Vinnie From Indy Jan 2014 #14

Agreed. geardaddy Jan 2014 #16

Use your imagination to be rich and then you are! Wow. ck4829 Jan 2014 #15

K and R For Your Great Header Smarmie Doofus Jan 2014 #17

Thanks, but that's the Headling from Wonkette geardaddy Jan 2014 #18

Well sure, everyone knows that! Kurovski Jan 2014 #20

More embarrassment for the New York Times! avaistheone1 Jan 2014 #21

Okay... davidthegnome Jan 2014 #22

He is probably correct LiberalArkie Jan 2014 #23

I think you're on to something, but... Ed Suspicious Jan 2014 #25

That's right! If they would just act like it!! BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2014 #26

I have just one word for David Brooks: sulphurdunn Jan 2014 #28

Poor People Won�t Be Poor If Rich People Stopped Being Such Disconnected Assholes. Glassunion Jan 2014 #29

He's right! We can all do it on credit and file for bankruptcy like Donald Trump! It's easy! freshwest Jan 2014 #30

The rich find nothing shameful in declaring bankruptcy. Unlike a lot of the rest of us. El_Johns Jan 2014 #37

Why would anyone give this idiot airtime or ink? Scuba Jan 2014 #31

He's a great argument for a maximum income law. Waiting For Everyman Jan 2014 #32

Shall we eat cake, David? Barack_America Jan 2014 #33

Tom Tomorrow's got this one. johnp3907 Jan 2014 #34

"...a secondary issue and a statistical byproduct..." Cal Carpenter Jan 2014 #35

PREACH! TheKentuckian Jan 2014 #41

Brooks hasn't tried to hide his idiocy for a long time. He wasn't any good at it to begin with fishwax Jan 2014 #36

What a doofus.. Too many have been TRYING that (with plastic) SoCalDem Jan 2014 #40

"the growing income of the 1% has nothing to do with the shrinking incomes" Incitatus Jan 2014 #42