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28. Bravo

Reply to jmowreader (Reply #27)

Fri Jun 6, 2014, 05:43 PM

Jun 2014

your post title and closing sentence together are the single best answer I have ever heard about curing poverty

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Robert Reich: THE THREE BIGGEST RIGHT-WING LIES ABOUT POVERTY: [View all] kpete Jun 2014 OP

Those are all excellent. nt BootinUp Jun 2014 #1

RR nails it again...nt Wounded Bear Jun 2014 #2

k&r for the truth. n/t Laelth Jun 2014 #3

Another myth I regularly come across from right-wingers Fortinbras Armstrong Jun 2014 #4

So true. laundry_queen Jun 2014 #9

Great stuff, kpete, thanks ~ toby jo Jun 2014 #5

Robert Reich is always great. K&R nt riderinthestorm Jun 2014 #6

And underlining these lies is the idea that we all start out equal. Many are disabled at birth or jwirr Jun 2014 #7

Or, conversely, have advantages at birth. merrily Jun 2014 #11

The right smallcat88 Jun 2014 #8

okay from the point of view PatrynXX Jun 2014 #10

So what cures poverty? n/t hughee99 Jun 2014 #12

A plentitude of decent-paying jobs helps a lot. merrily Jun 2014 #15

It sounds like we won't see those things without an improved economy and jobs, though. hughee99 Jun 2014 #19

You are missing the point. Those things are what will improve the economy. merrily Jun 2014 #22

the desire to cure it would help noiretextatique Jun 2014 #23

Uh.... daleanime Jun 2014 #16

Does it? hughee99 Jun 2014 #18

I prefer smaller injections..... daleanime Jun 2014 #20

yes...and teach them to fish noiretextatique Jun 2014 #24

More important is a place to fish. jmowreader Jun 2014 #27

Bravo left is right Jun 2014 #28

yes...I agree noiretextatique Jun 2014 #29

Ah and here is another fallacy Tsiyu Jun 2014 #30

That's on you, not me. hughee99 Jun 2014 #32

lol Tsiyu Jun 2014 #33

Reich just listed three things that don't cure poverty, so I was asking what did cure it hughee99 Jun 2014 #36

I view it like circulation Tsiyu Jun 2014 #37

Poor? What poor? merrily Jun 2014 #13

K&R.... daleanime Jun 2014 #14

k/r fishwax Jun 2014 #17

So how do you "cure" poverty? hakko936 Jun 2014 #21

how do you know that? noiretextatique Jun 2014 #25

It's the most phenomenally stupid economic philosophy Tsiyu Jun 2014 #34

Reich-wing lies drive public policy to the holistic detriment of society, all aided and abetted indepat Jun 2014 #26

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jun 2014 #31

K&R for Dr Reich & a permalink to this status, alp227 Jun 2014 #35

These lies about poverty are just part of a massive propaganda effort by the .01%. Enthusiast Jun 2014 #38