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PoindexterOglethorpe

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20. Actually, the rich depend on the have-nots

Reply to Volaris (Reply #11)

Wed May 24, 2017, 11:18 PM

May 2017

to do all the crappy jobs that even the middle class won't do. So getting rid of the poor isn't really a good idea in the long run.

I will say that I'm considering writing a story in which all those who are out of work for some period of time are put into resettlement communities, and if they still don't find work, they end up as fertilizer.

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Lurking Deplorables , if you believed this remove yourself from the gene pool [View all] DemocratSinceBirth May 2017 OP

... and a free pony for everybody. lpbk2713 May 2017 #1

I don't want a pony. Can I get a zebra instead? PoindexterOglethorpe May 2017 #14

No, no zebra - but you can have a white donkey and a wide nib Sharpie csziggy May 2017 #17

I can make that work. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2017 #19

Or the lurking deplorables can wait and let the GOP kill them slowly. LOL Lib May 2017 #2

What a beautifully evil plan! Kill off the poor so the rich can rule Lint Head May 2017 #3

OTOH DemocratSinceBirth May 2017 #4

As technology advances, what use do the rich have for the poor? Amimnoch May 2017 #7

If the have-nots all dissappear, who will the rich rob and hate? Volaris May 2017 #11

Actually, the rich depend on the have-nots PoindexterOglethorpe May 2017 #20

I see where you're going with this.. Permanut May 2017 #22

Yep. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2017 #23

As long as you keep posting here.. Permanut May 2017 #24

Ohhh, thank you. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2017 #25

Yet no one mentions all the jobs to be lost in this KGOP big "cut" to save the country Lyricalinklines May 2017 #5

Yep, lots of jobs eliminated, resulting from this repeal. LOTS! SammyWinstonJack May 2017 #10

Yes. And no plan to regenerate positions to replace them. So a family whose grandparents are Lyricalinklines May 2017 #18

They don't ever think they are going to get sick, therefore they don't need it RhodeIslandOne May 2017 #6

Remember... in conservoworld rpannier May 2017 #8

They probably think gene pool GallopingGhost May 2017 #9

Voting for tRump is by definition an application for self removal from said gene pool. Augiedog May 2017 #12

Exactly. If it sounds too good to be true, it is. Idiots. nt Honeycombe8 May 2017 #13

Deplorables who think their healthcare jobs are safe are going to have a nasty surprise dalton99a May 2017 #15

If only intellect were a prerequisite to breed Generic Brad May 2017 #16

Agree with media pt, but drop eugenics comments american_ideals May 2017 #21