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okaawhatever

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2. If the one percenters think this is bad, wait until the majority of American find out their problem

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Thu Jan 30, 2014, 09:39 PM

Jan 2014

isn't Obama, it's these guys. The bought and paid for media can only delay the voters from finding out the truth, not completely stop them. Then they'll really be pissed....

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Krugman nails it. The far right and the billionaires will only accept total surrender. No compromise [View all] kpete Jan 2014 OP

Paranoia strikes deep. moondust Jan 2014 #1

Good insight. anAustralianobserver Jan 2014 #15

Maybe. moondust Jan 2014 #21

Yeah, maybe it's a vicious circle between greed and fear. anAustralianobserver Jan 2014 #24

If the one percenters think this is bad, wait until the majority of American find out their problem okaawhatever Jan 2014 #2

Ummmm, Obama is on their team more than ours, IMHO. Example: 10.10/hr insead of $22. grahamhgreen Jan 2014 #3

Which do you think has the most chance of being enacted? Hekate Jan 2014 #6

Either. It's an executive order, not passed through Congress. These are workers who will be hired grahamhgreen Jan 2014 #9

They're the common enemy that would destroy the whole left. TheMathieu Jan 2014 #4

The problem is they have a psychological disorder, like the hoarding disease, only they hoard money. grahamhgreen Jan 2014 #5

You have precisely diagnosed their sickness. But, I have no idea how we can "cure" ladjf Jan 2014 #8

Intervention, aka taxes. grahamhgreen Jan 2014 #10

That would work if we could pass the tax laws. nt ladjf Jan 2014 #30

A money addiction is basically the same as any other addiction. Half-Century Man Jan 2014 #13

I have freinds with hundreds of millions of dollars. It makes them paranoid and unable to trust grahamhgreen Jan 2014 #31

Damn! Phlem Jan 2014 #7

The President of MSNBC is one of them that surrendered. Iliyah Jan 2014 #11

I won't go down without mstinamotorcity2 Jan 2014 #12

"complaining" about high income share is like lynchings in the deep south Agony Jan 2014 #14

100% agree. SoapBox Jan 2014 #16

Personally, dinger130 Jan 2014 #17

Actually, I always thought of her as a sweet-natured heroine Glorfindel Jan 2014 #20

I don't think Dickons Did either. malletgirl02 Jan 2014 #26

well she was going to kill a child DonCoquixote Jan 2014 #27

Great point he makes about intimidating the free public discussion of inequality. anAustralianobserver Jan 2014 #18

Over my dead body will there be surrender to the rich, richer and richest! democratisphere Jan 2014 #19

Before the Koch brothers there were the Hunt Brothers kmlisle Jan 2014 #22

"Resistance is futile." blkmusclmachine Jan 2014 #23

Right Wingers really believe supply side would work if it weren't for our lack of faith. Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2014 #25

The Far Right has taken the measure of its opposition... Eleanors38 Jan 2014 #28

no, Krugman misses it hfojvt Jan 2014 #29