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maindawg

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3. As I have been saying

Reply to friendly_iconoclast (Original post)

Sat Apr 2, 2016, 07:30 AM

Apr 2016

It's not about immigrants , people of color or women. It's about poor people. They just don't like poor people. So we punish people for being poor. We penalize them with fees fines and ultimately prison. They aren't behaving like proper slaves. They refuse to toil for pennies all day so they must be punished. Even if they do work 10 hours they are still poor. Americans hate poor people.

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The Blue State Model: How the Democrats Created a "Liberalism of the Rich" [View all] friendly_iconoclast Apr 2016 OP

Thank You! K&R! haikugal Apr 2016 #1

yeah, the I got mine attitude is alive, well and flourishing in MA. Cobalt Violet Apr 2016 #2

As I have been saying maindawg Apr 2016 #3

Forty years ago, I was a poor kid just about to get a Master's degree. raging moderate Apr 2016 #4

This is a very interesting observation . I have seen this many times myself. Scruffy1 Apr 2016 #5

I just finished reading it last night. Scruffy1 Apr 2016 #6

I think this is a little short-sighted. Working people left the Democratic Party. Aristus Apr 2016 #7

Here's how I *know* you didn't read the linked Thomas Frank article: friendly_iconoclast Apr 2016 #8