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LiberalArkie

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2. The big deal now is they type of people with all the money.

Reply to davidn3600 (Original post)

Fri Mar 11, 2016, 07:31 PM

Mar 2016

It is said that the top 1% went to Roosevelt and told him that if they could keep half their money that they would go for everything that Roosevelt wanted to do. They also built libraries, schools, parks etc with their money.

Now the 1% want to keep 99% or more of their money.

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Donald Trump is rising because the middle class is crashing [View all] davidn3600 Mar 2016 OP

Which, if true is amazingly ironic Fairgo Mar 2016 #1

The big deal now is they type of people with all the money. LiberalArkie Mar 2016 #2

Hillary has one thing in her favor Enrique Mar 2016 #3

But as the chart above shows, the top 10% still expanded wealth inequality in the 90s davidn3600 Mar 2016 #4

Demagogues (as Bernie calls Trump) take advantage of economic hardship. pampango Mar 2016 #5