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In reply to the discussion: The Oligarchy [View all]H2O Man
(73,537 posts)71. And that, it is.
There are times when I really wonder about some of our friends on this forum.
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You have provided precisely zero evidence there is an oligarchy in control of the US.
MohRokTah
Jan 2016
#3
Are you trying to show me how bad Cantor campaigned? So bad that he couldn't get elected?
tecelote
Jan 2016
#43
That's a mindblowingly simplistic take. This is even less satisfying than I could have imagined.
Ed Suspicious
Jan 2016
#14
So does Goldman-Sachs. Representative are cheaper when they're newbies. n/t
lumberjack_jeff
Jan 2016
#74
Only someone as math impaired as Wall Street couldn't see that the public
Baitball Blogger
Jan 2016
#6
Clintons’ Income May Reach Top 1% of the 1% - thanks to Goldman, JPMorgan and Citigroup
whereisjustice
Jan 2016
#26
Oh, that's where the recovery went. Glad they were able to help those folks out.
jtuck004
Jan 2016
#45
Cool story...let's see, there was Citizen's United. I don't recall approving that. Then there was
libdem4life
Jan 2016
#76
The Little People = Little Power People. Unless one has an office in The Beltway, they are
libdem4life
Jan 2016
#83
Like two opposing attorneys in a divorce case. They excoriate each other in court, then go to the
libdem4life
Jan 2016
#84