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fasttense

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17. You are assuming there are NO poor people in Connecticut

Reply to geek tragedy (Reply #12)

Thu Sep 18, 2014, 08:32 AM

Sep 2014

and No rich people with out-sized influence in Alabama.

But survey the top 300 families with the most wealth in the US and you'll be lucky to get 1% of them to claim they are liberal.

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America's Political Spectrum Is Not Left to Right, It's Top to Bottom—And It has Failed the People [View all] xchrom Sep 2014 OP

AND....when politicians push things like the TPP but give "populist" speeches - they are not djean111 Sep 2014 #1

+1 xchrom Sep 2014 #2

True but opposing the TPP does not make one a populist either. pampango Sep 2014 #13

Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Sep 2014 #3

Straight up. K&R nt TBF Sep 2014 #4

Makes a lot of sense. Thanks for this, xchrom. FailureToCommunicate Sep 2014 #5

... xchrom Sep 2014 #6

Here's an article from last year on left/right populism vs the establishment pampango Sep 2014 #7

The Oligarchs, Corporations And Banks Own And Control The Politicians That Own And Control Us cantbeserious Sep 2014 #8

K & R joshdawg Sep 2014 #9

What a ridiculous premise... brooklynite Sep 2014 #10

There are numerous studies out there that show the wealthy are more likely to be conservative fasttense Sep 2014 #15

K&R for the painful truth. bullwinkle428 Sep 2014 #11

Demonstrably false faux- populist nonsense. geek tragedy Sep 2014 #12

You are assuming there are NO poor people in Connecticut fasttense Sep 2014 #17

Affluent people in CT vote Democratic. geek tragedy Sep 2014 #19

I always find it hilarious that tea people folk have a cult built on historical corporate tyranny Fred Sanders Sep 2014 #14

K & R !!! WillyT Sep 2014 #16

K&R ReRe Sep 2014 #18