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randys1

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39. There is a big difference as to numbers, but why is it so important to you that

Reply to Doug Gollan (Reply #35)

Mon Feb 9, 2015, 06:33 PM

Feb 2015

we create a different category for extremely comfortable, very well off people who arent the wealthiest?

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What the 1 percent thinks about you [View all] Triana Feb 2015 OP

What I think of the 1%: Exhibit A Feb 2015 #1

Yeah, the only thing that keeps the wealthy safe pipoman Feb 2015 #2

Plus, the majority keeps themselves "as is" by the way many vote. I think often voting RKP5637 Feb 2015 #12

And there are those that serve the 1% in return for self security and accolades. raouldukelives Feb 2015 #3

Agree! Well said!!! RKP5637 Feb 2015 #14

this James48 Feb 2015 #4

Social Security Scarsdale Feb 2015 #5

It's a very propagandized country IMO, and seriously, anymore, I do think many Americans RKP5637 Feb 2015 #16

Emma Goldman responds: KingCharlemagne Feb 2015 #30

I suspect the person that posted this to HuPO ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2015 #6

Perhaps you are missing something. zeemike Feb 2015 #8

Okay. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2015 #9

IMHO, your interpretation may be correct; that's what I got out of it, too. It could Nay Feb 2015 #17

I think the actual translation of the adviser's statement, in practical terms, is Jackpine Radical Feb 2015 #22

Is that what the advisor's statement indicates? ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2015 #24

That's assuming they think of us at all alcina Feb 2015 #7

True--they don't think of us at all. I know I've repeated this apochryphal story Nay Feb 2015 #13

This is so true ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2015 #20

I think it goes beyond that alcina Feb 2015 #23

I think we are far, far, far from any "tipping point." n/t. 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2015 #25

I must reluctantly concur, albeit sadly. Most sociologists and political scientists who have KingCharlemagne Feb 2015 #31

We do have the internet. cilla4progress Feb 2015 #27

As Princess Leia said to Obi-wan alcina Feb 2015 #32

What the 1% thinks of those below them LiberalArkie Feb 2015 #10

Very True BlueJazz Feb 2015 #11

Well, duh, assshole, sulphurdunn Feb 2015 #15

The rich do not think about me at all. oldandhappy Feb 2015 #18

We already know what they think, donnasgirl Feb 2015 #19

These are the very same people who earn their living sucking randr Feb 2015 #21

Angry songs about the rich Half-Century Man Feb 2015 #26

The initial key issue for us is VOTING, righty is going to stop millions of you from voting NoJusticeNoPeace Feb 2015 #28

F. Scott Fitzgerald's narrator, Nick, in "The Great Gatsby" tells us KingCharlemagne Feb 2015 #29

I don't think this is quite true. Brigid Feb 2015 #33

We should be very careful tavernier Feb 2015 #34

There is a big difference between the "1%" and "Super Rich" Doug Gollan Feb 2015 #35

Ajay Kapur, of Citigroup, coined the term 'Plutonomy' in 2005. LongTomH Feb 2015 #37

You do know blog flogging is a no-no here, don't you? marble falls Feb 2015 #38

There is a big difference as to numbers, but why is it so important to you that randys1 Feb 2015 #39

This is why people need to STFU about cutting Entitlements NOW daredtowork Feb 2015 #36