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colsohlibgal

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14. Nobody Needs A Fortune of Hundreds Of Millions

Sat Jan 18, 2014, 07:04 PM

Jan 2014

I believe in the ability of someone to get well off, just not obscenely so. Right now while most of the US is scuffling, the top 1/10th of 1% are raking it in big time. Robber Baron Nation 2014. We need a modern Teddy Roosevelt trust buster.

Supply Side economics is a scam to further enrich the rich, screw everyone else. My first inkling that Obama was not going to govern like he said was when he brought in his money team - the Rubin in and out of Goldman crowd, rather than the Reich/Krugman Keynesian crowd.

We'll get it right when enough people start to think things through and decide to vote for their own self interest. Too many now buy the Fox lie machine and Rush verbatim and make sure they won't get ahead with their vote.

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Krugman: The Myth of the Deserving Rich [View all] ProSense Jan 2014 OP

Rec for inequality. n/t PowerToThePeople Jan 2014 #1

I was wondering if Dr. K was going to respond to David Brooks's column yesterday! CTyankee Jan 2014 #2

Very interesting. theHandpuppet Jan 2014 #3

As if Sam Walton's children, for example, earned any of their money. As if! They are the "takers". SharonAnn Jan 2014 #9

Inheritance tax of all but $1 million tabasco Jan 2014 #4

Inheritance tax is not the main problem - tax loopholes are! csziggy Jan 2014 #7

Down with tax loopholes! oldhippie Jan 2014 #10

k/r fishwax Jan 2014 #5

We were having a similar discussion in a different thread frazzled Jan 2014 #6

The uber wealthy really ought to be taxed out of existence. hunter Jan 2014 #8

Check out what Thom Hartmann has to say about this.... elzenmahn Jan 2014 #11

K&R big time. Faygo Kid Jan 2014 #12

"wealth is the reward for virtue" Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2014 #13

Nobody Needs A Fortune of Hundreds Of Millions colsohlibgal Jan 2014 #14

K^R! Cha Jan 2014 #15

k&r n/t RainDog Jan 2014 #16