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3. Oh look a newbie claiming that stimulus is bad using fake leftwing arguments.

Reply to CalFresh (Reply #1)

Wed Apr 24, 2013, 06:01 PM

Apr 2013

The part of the puzzle you're not providing is the fact that the wealthy lost more money from 2006-2009 than average folks did, because their wealth was tied to stocks. So when those stocks recovered value, so did their wealth.

To put it another way: a lack of stimulus would have fucked the middle class and poor beyond belief.

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Look where the stimulus money is ending up. CalFresh Apr 2013 #1

this is why the GOP has fought the stimulus at every step? LOL. IF it was going to the rich the GOP Bill USA Apr 2013 #2

Oh look a newbie claiming that stimulus is bad using fake leftwing arguments. geek tragedy Apr 2013 #3

I always wondered why record corp. profits weren't "confidence" boosting enough. Dragonfli Apr 2013 #4