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2016 Postmortem
Showing Original Post only (View all)I'm tired of living POOR! I'm gonna be a New Democrat! [View all]
I'm gonna live RICH!
Gonna be friends with Banksters and the FIRE people.
Gonna be friends with Big Oil and the mineral extraction people.
Gonna be friends with Big Pharma and Big Agra people.
Gonna be friends with the Money Trumps Peace crowd who offshore their loot in Swiss banks.
Gonna lose all my friends in the Old Democratic Party.
You know who I'm talking about:
The not-rich-by-their-own-choice People.
The Poor.
The Working Poor.
The Middle Classes.
Too bad. So sad.
Losers.
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That was a description of the Democratic party, but you can apply it to the GOP too.
JRLeft
Jun 2016
#14
One of my most politically advanced friends said we must forget she's owned by Wall Street...
Octafish
Jun 2016
#38
As a rule, they arent interested in people unless they are a multinational corporation.
Baobab
Jun 2016
#32
If you have any job at all, you are probably already connected to one of these corporate entities.
Jitter65
Jun 2016
#5
Time for you to stop being a deadbeat! Book a quarter million dollar speech to wall street and
Doctor_J
Jun 2016
#25
"An honest public servant can't become rich in politics." - Harry Truman
Cheese Sandwich
Jun 2016
#35