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Rex

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1. The most pathetic group of people are the ones with the willfulness to stay ignorant to
Thu Dec 31, 2015, 08:08 PM
Dec 2015

how much damage the ownership society does to the economy and the nation. Thankfully most of them are republicans.

No one becomes one of the 1% [View all] PowerToThePeople Dec 2015 OP
The most pathetic group of people are the ones with the willfulness to stay ignorant to Rex Dec 2015 #1
Not 100% true 99th_Monkey Dec 2015 #2
I will agree with you here. PowerToThePeople Dec 2015 #3
Winning the lottery does not get you in the 1% LakeVermilion Dec 2015 #7
Actually, it can, but just barely. I like that video too. Thanks for sharing. 99th_Monkey Dec 2015 #16
"household income is at least $521,411" is misleading. Yavin4 Dec 2015 #23
You say apples, I say oranges 99th_Monkey Jan 2016 #34
Does $52 Million qualify as 1% in your book? 99th_Monkey Jan 2016 #62
Only LakeVermilion Jan 2016 #75
Who's lives did the Google guys destroy? Egnever Dec 2015 #4
Tech workers PowerToThePeople Dec 2015 #5
Except Egnever Dec 2015 #15
Wage suppression collusion PowerToThePeople Dec 2015 #17
Pretty biased article that one Egnever Dec 2015 #21
That doesn't refute the previous argument, they still have very high wages. Nt stevenleser Jan 2016 #38
"Gentrification" of neighborhoods destroys communities. hunter Dec 2015 #30
So people shouldn't be paid more because then other people will have less? Egnever Dec 2015 #32
I try to respect religious beliefs... but not that one. hunter Dec 2015 #33
Behind every great fortune lies a great crime... Human101948 Dec 2015 #6
Who has Warren Buffett destroyed? SCantiGOP Dec 2015 #8
Insurance mogul. PowerToThePeople Dec 2015 #9
He's not an "insurance mogul" so your problem analyzing him starts there stevenleser Jan 2016 #37
How many lives has JK Rowling destroyed? (nt) Nye Bevan Dec 2015 #10
Or George Soros? SCantiGOP Dec 2015 #11
Soros? Plenty cali Dec 2015 #19
Jury is still out tazkcmo Dec 2015 #26
Or, Tom Brady? ... Or, LeBron? ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2016 #53
Please explain to me.... philosslayer Dec 2015 #12
There may be cases PowerToThePeople Dec 2015 #14
Well that was a load of hyperbolic bloviating baloney rhetoric. eom MohRokTah Dec 2015 #13
JK Rowling? Stephen King? mainer Dec 2015 #18
Most are not billionaires, but PowerToThePeople Dec 2015 #20
I don't think you have to be a billionaire to be in the 1% Beaverhausen Dec 2015 #22
Upthread PowerToThePeople Dec 2015 #24
$400,000 gets you in the 1%. You think that puts people in the life destroying category? Waldorf Dec 2015 #25
That is income, not wealth PowerToThePeople Dec 2015 #28
$500,000 a year put's you near the top. Dawson Leery Dec 2015 #27
Silly OP Yallow Dec 2015 #29
Yep, it's these kinds of silly, superficial pronouncements that make the entire left look bad stevenleser Jan 2016 #36
It's these motherfuckers! WhaTHellsgoingonhere Dec 2015 #31
So Alan Grayson and Michael Moore are destroyers of lives? FrodosPet Jan 2016 #35
"The 1%" ronnie624 Jan 2016 #39
Spot on! PowerToThePeople Jan 2016 #41
Thanks. ronnie624 Jan 2016 #47
my family lancer78 Jan 2016 #40
Try not to personalize the issue. ronnie624 Jan 2016 #45
In this case, personalizing the issue is appropriate.The family of the person to whom you responded stevenleser Jan 2016 #49
Personalizing is a diversion. ronnie624 Jan 2016 #54
Nope, not if the experience directly confirms or contradicts an assertion and stevenleser Jan 2016 #60
How bout Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert? NobodyHere Jan 2016 #42
As long as they aren't making money from or by Wall St. raouldukelives Jan 2016 #43
Many if not most people are making money on Wall Street via 401ks and other retirement accounts stevenleser Jan 2016 #51
That is a false meme PowerToThePeople Jan 2016 #56
401k is a wealth-transfer scheme, anyway. ronnie624 Jan 2016 #57
You have had several gems in this thread PowerToThePeople Jan 2016 #58
Agree with you and the poster you are replying to laundry_queen Jan 2016 #61
False. former9thward Jan 2016 #64
Lol. ronnie624 Jan 2016 #65
If you don't know how to access your own 401k account former9thward Jan 2016 #66
I knew you couldn't. ronnie624 Jan 2016 #67
Your own link shows the nonsense of your statements. former9thward Jan 2016 #68
Some people will actually read the article. ronnie624 Jan 2016 #69
Thanks for the link brentspeak Jan 2016 #72
The Retirement Gamble ronnie624 Jan 2016 #73
Sorry, that's nonsense. Adrahil Jan 2016 #70
A good article here: ronnie624 Jan 2016 #71
As I said, many if not most do have this and I stand by it. Nt stevenleser Jan 2016 #59
Not any that are serious about leaving a better world with the one life they have. raouldukelives Jan 2016 #74
Couldn't you say the same thing about all Americans FLPanhandle Jan 2016 #44
There are enough available resources ronnie624 Jan 2016 #46
Damn you Oprah Winfrey, destroyer of untold hughee99 Jan 2016 #48
Sorry, this is categorically untrue. nt clarice Jan 2016 #50
Untrue and unproductive Taitertots Jan 2016 #52
and the environment... handmade34 Jan 2016 #55
Broad brush crap. Sorry. Bonx Jan 2016 #63
I saw a great tidbit in Harper's Index waaaay back in 2001. Maedhros Jan 2016 #76
I wonder what that number would be today? PowerToThePeople Jan 2016 #77
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