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Dragonfli

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4. Small point to quibble over

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sat Apr 26, 2014, 03:30 PM

Apr 2014

but pot was also legal then, the article implied that legality in a few areas is an improvement, when actually it is illegal in most places now and was not illegal here until someone wanted to fund a new agency in our relatively recent past.

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Gilded Age vs. NOW: Instead of Carnegie founding libraries-we have Trump yelling at people on TV [View all] kpete Apr 2014 OP

Thanks for posting and I was ok with the post right up to this point, rhett o rick Apr 2014 #1

I wouldn't mind billionaires having so much influence if today's billionaires weren't so worthless. eppur_se_muova Apr 2014 #2

Worse than that, many are actively trying to make things worse n2doc Apr 2014 #3

They are well on their way to achieving their aim. Enthusiast Apr 2014 #7

Yup. While the Gilded Age was extreme in its inequality, the rich actually did invest in cities... Drunken Irishman Apr 2014 #5

Small point to quibble over Dragonfli Apr 2014 #4

Excellent point. Enthusiast Apr 2014 #8

OK, if I buy the idea the 1% really are the "job creators" . . . Brigid Apr 2014 #6

Well said. Kath1 Apr 2014 #9