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Rex

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1. Woooooooooooooooow.

Reply to grahamhgreen (Original post)

Mon Nov 10, 2014, 03:01 AM

Nov 2014

Never thought I would see the day. Always kind of knew Reaganomics was going to lead to a plutocracy, just kinda hoped people weren't that greedy.

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Top .1% of wealth about to exceed bottom 90% : [View all] grahamhgreen Nov 2014 OP

Woooooooooooooooow. Rex Nov 2014 #1

This probly would never have happened, had Dems and Repubs not colluded in the 40s KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #10

You are so right, we reap what we sow. Rex Nov 2014 #18

Greed has never been and never will be self-limiting. hifiguy Nov 2014 #20

True the scope of greed in the past pails in comparison to what can be owned now. Rex Nov 2014 #24

k&R nt Live and Learn Nov 2014 #2

The Oligarchs, Corporations And Banks Own And Control The Politicians That Own And Control Us cantbeserious Nov 2014 #3

Progressive Taxes were meant to be harsh on the Rich to make wealth distribution more equal AZ Progressive Nov 2014 #4

It's meant to make money hoarders pay their fair share. If you look at it like grahamhgreen Nov 2014 #9

It actually disincentivizes them from hoarding initially. Sirveri Nov 2014 #25

Well said:) grahamhgreen Nov 2014 #31

I agree, but this is history. Too many people have never been exposed to it, and the oligarchs jtuck004 Nov 2014 #5

The solution is to tax them, make them pay their fair share, grahamhgreen Nov 2014 #8

Sounds a little like the workers on the plantation are just waiting for the Master to make it better jtuck004 Nov 2014 #11

Would you like to see us raise taxes on wealth, again? I assure you, grahamhgreen Nov 2014 #15

I would, absolutely. High time and all that. Don't think anything but a token gesture is ever gonna jtuck004 Nov 2014 #19

The Great Recession almost did, lancer78 Nov 2014 #27

Savvy! blkmusclmachine Nov 2014 #6

K&R woo me with science Nov 2014 #7

Hooray! progressoid Nov 2014 #12

Harder. Longer. Faster. Go slave labor! sis boom bah. lonestarnot Nov 2014 #13

The billionaires' extreme greed is about to sink us into a global great depression. Initech Nov 2014 #14

.....but not for them:( grahamhgreen Nov 2014 #16

Two weeks of a mass general strike/boycott would help balance that out real fast. nt Zorra Nov 2014 #17

one trouble with that statistic hfojvt Nov 2014 #21

Should be better when we get to 90% with zero! grahamhgreen Nov 2014 #22

that's kind of what I mean though hfojvt Nov 2014 #23

And until they start to suffer, lancer78 Nov 2014 #28

striking graphic drray23 Nov 2014 #26

Their selfishness will be legend. grahamhgreen Nov 2014 #30

K&R liberal_at_heart Nov 2014 #29

kick lonestarnot Dec 2014 #32

Why doesn't this kick? lonestarnot Dec 2014 #33

Lord i don't know! grahamhgreen Dec 2014 #34

Hmmm. lonestarnot Dec 2014 #35