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marmar
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Thu May-13-10 07:52 AM Original message |
We Can't Afford Wall Street.....And We Don't Need It |
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laughingliberal
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Thu May-13-10 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
1. K & R nt |
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SammyWinstonJack
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Thu May-13-10 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
2. K & R |
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Oceansaway
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Thu May-13-10 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
3. K&R...n/t |
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lunatica
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Thu May-13-10 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
4. This is very good post |
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marmar
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Thu May-13-10 01:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Thanks.....and I agree ! |
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BR_Parkway
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Thu May-13-10 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
6. Wonderfully put |
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Echo In Light
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Thu May-13-10 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
7. K/R |
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grantcart
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Thu May-13-10 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
8. And for only $ 12.95 David will explain how markets are not necessary |
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marmar
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Thu May-13-10 03:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. FAIL....and besides, better David Korten than a Bankster. |
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grantcart
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Thu May-13-10 03:33 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I met David when he was in AID in BKK and I like him but if you don't see |
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marmar
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Thu May-13-10 03:36 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Star Trek Enterprise? Umm, okay..... |
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Rex
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Thu May-13-10 03:38 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. The Star Trek hoopla is old and played out so 90s. |
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grantcart
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Thu May-13-10 03:41 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. agreed but their economic system seemed perfect although unexplained. |
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cliffordu
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Thu May-13-10 05:05 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. JUST LIKE OURS YA HOSER. |
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William Z. Foster
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Thu May-13-10 05:52 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. unrelated |
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JoeyT
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Thu May-13-10 06:07 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. If he was really against capitalism |
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eridani
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Thu May-13-10 06:23 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. He didn't say that money wasn't necessary, or even markets |
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grantcart
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Thu May-13-10 08:28 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. couldn't agree more |
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proteus_lives
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Thu May-13-10 08:14 PM Response to Reply #10 |
31. It's referenced in their background. |
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AnArmyVeteran
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Thu May-13-10 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
14. Perfect post and absolutely true! Wall Street produces nothing of substance. |
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taught_me_patience
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Thu May-13-10 05:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Please study some finance |
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William Z. Foster
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Thu May-13-10 07:13 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. that cat is chasing its own tail |
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eridani
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Thu May-13-10 08:26 PM Response to Reply #19 |
32. You need capital markets to fund businesses |
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Hannah Bell
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Thu May-13-10 10:14 PM Response to Reply #19 |
39. 40% of all corporate profits. |
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AnArmyVeteran
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Thu May-13-10 10:47 PM Response to Reply #19 |
50. Something can't be considered very 'modern' if it is a complete failure can it? |
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cali
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Thu May-13-10 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
16. makes sense to me. Does he tell us HOW to deep six it? |
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William Z. Foster
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Thu May-13-10 07:30 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. lock the doors |
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Hannah Bell
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Thu May-13-10 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
18. 40% of all us corporate profits go to wall street. it's a parasitical appendage of capital. |
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taught_me_patience
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Thu May-13-10 05:59 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Completely not true |
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William Z. Foster
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Thu May-13-10 07:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. that is why Wall Street exists |
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taught_me_patience
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Thu May-13-10 07:45 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Please link a source stating the 40% of corp profits go to WS. |
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William Z. Foster
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Thu May-13-10 08:05 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. that's all? |
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taught_me_patience
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Thu May-13-10 11:03 PM Response to Reply #28 |
57. Thank you for posting an article to back up my argument |
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Hannah Bell
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Thu May-13-10 11:04 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. "wall street" in common parlance = the financial sector. but that part *is* open |
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William Z. Foster
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Thu May-13-10 11:23 PM Response to Reply #57 |
72. that is true |
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liberation
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Fri May-14-10 03:47 AM Response to Reply #57 |
104. You really do think "Wall Street" refers as a zip code range on a specific street of New York? |
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William Z. Foster
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Thu May-13-10 08:12 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. good article here |
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taught_me_patience
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Thu May-13-10 10:55 PM Response to Reply #29 |
53. I'd say 40% of profits are "earned" by wall street |
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U4ikLefty
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Thu May-13-10 11:19 PM Response to Reply #53 |
67. Is shilling for Wall Street a hobby or a profession? |
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Hannah Bell
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Thu May-13-10 11:25 PM Response to Reply #67 |
73. ;>) |
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Starry Messenger
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Thu May-13-10 11:26 PM Response to Reply #67 |
74. rofl |
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William Z. Foster
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Thu May-13-10 11:41 PM Response to Reply #67 |
79. I think they teach this stuff in college! |
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taught_me_patience
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Fri May-14-10 01:50 AM Response to Reply #67 |
88. I don't like many things WS did |
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liberation
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Fri May-14-10 03:52 AM Response to Reply #88 |
105. LOL... |
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William Z. Foster
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Thu May-13-10 11:48 PM Response to Reply #53 |
80. they are? |
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William Z. Foster
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Thu May-13-10 09:36 PM Response to Reply #26 |
38. I was right, then |
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Hannah Bell
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Thu May-13-10 10:16 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. yep. they're quick to call people on stuff (usually with a dollop of name-calling), but |
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Egnever
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Thu May-13-10 10:33 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. Oy vey you are truly dense |
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Hannah Bell
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Thu May-13-10 10:45 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. i'm not sure what you're babbling about. i said 40% of all corporate profits go to wall street. |
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taught_me_patience
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Thu May-13-10 10:56 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. Obviously your writing style needs some clarity |
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Hannah Bell
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Thu May-13-10 11:02 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. i doubt it, but it does save your face. that's why you showed up now instead of earlier. |
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taught_me_patience
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Thu May-13-10 11:03 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. nah... it was because I was driving home from work. |
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William Z. Foster
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Thu May-13-10 11:18 PM Response to Reply #58 |
65. sorry |
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Hannah Bell
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Thu May-13-10 11:21 PM Response to Reply #58 |
69. whatever you say. nice job ya got. |
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Egnever
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Fri May-14-10 01:04 AM Response to Reply #69 |
84. you are a strange bird |
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Hannah Bell
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Fri May-14-10 02:00 AM Response to Reply #84 |
89. you're a strange bird too. if you don't get it, i'm not obliged to explain to someone whose |
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taught_me_patience
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Fri May-14-10 02:10 AM Response to Reply #89 |
96. Personal attack? WTF? I just asked for a source for a claim. |
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Hannah Bell
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Fri May-14-10 03:12 AM Response to Reply #96 |
100. are you egnever's sock? because i posted to him, not to you. |
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Hannah Bell
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Fri May-14-10 02:00 AM Response to Reply #84 |
90. dupe |
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William Z. Foster
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Thu May-13-10 11:08 PM Response to Reply #46 |
60. services!! |
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Egnever
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Fri May-14-10 01:17 AM Response to Reply #60 |
85. So if wall street disappeared |
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William Z. Foster
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Fri May-14-10 12:10 PM Response to Reply #85 |
109. yes, it would be in someone else's pockets |
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Egnever
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Thu May-13-10 10:30 PM Response to Reply #25 |
45. Sorry but no |
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Hannah Bell
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Thu May-13-10 10:53 PM Response to Reply #45 |
52. sorry but yes. "40% of all corporate profits went to wall street" means the same thing as |
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Egnever
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Fri May-14-10 12:53 AM Response to Reply #52 |
83. Which is totaly different from wall street taking profits from corporations. |
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Hannah Bell
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Fri May-14-10 02:03 AM Response to Reply #83 |
93. oh, give it up. i'm not confusing a damn thing, & you know it. |
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William Z. Foster
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Fri May-14-10 12:29 PM Response to Reply #83 |
111. yes |
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Hannah Bell
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Thu May-13-10 08:47 PM Response to Reply #20 |
34. nyt, in yellow |
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taught_me_patience
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Thu May-13-10 11:11 PM Response to Reply #34 |
61. Honestly... your anger should be directed at the U.S. government |
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William Z. Foster
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Thu May-13-10 11:16 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. by that logic... |
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Egnever
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Thu May-13-10 10:26 PM Response to Reply #18 |
43. You keep parroting this, and its completely untrue |
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Hannah Bell
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Thu May-13-10 10:59 PM Response to Reply #43 |
55. you have a reading comprehension problem. "take" = "get," "make," earn, whatever. |
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Prometheus Bound
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Fri May-14-10 12:08 AM Response to Reply #55 |
81. I can accept "take" or "get", but "earn" is stretching it. |
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Egnever
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Fri May-14-10 01:22 AM Response to Reply #55 |
87. So you just begrudge a company making a profit then. |
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Hannah Bell
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Fri May-14-10 02:01 AM Response to Reply #87 |
91. so you like straw. yum yum |
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Egnever
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Fri May-14-10 02:28 AM Response to Reply #91 |
98. As much as you like spewing BS |
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Hannah Bell
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Fri May-14-10 03:13 AM Response to Reply #98 |
101. not worth it, bit T |
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William Z. Foster
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Thu May-13-10 11:13 PM Response to Reply #43 |
62. ROFL!! |
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Egnever
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Fri May-14-10 01:21 AM Response to Reply #62 |
86. We must have a communication issue here |
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Hannah Bell
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Fri May-14-10 02:02 AM Response to Reply #86 |
92. when someone says "you seem to be saying" what follows is typically a misrepresentation |
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Egnever
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Fri May-14-10 02:29 AM Response to Reply #92 |
99. So what are you saying? |
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William Z. Foster
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Fri May-14-10 12:25 PM Response to Reply #86 |
110. that is in your imagination |
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MkapX
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Thu May-13-10 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
27. reform it |
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leftstreet
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Thu May-13-10 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
30. K&R |
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eridani
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Thu May-13-10 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
35. Wall Street is no longer about investing, it is about amoral hacking |
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Synicus Maximus
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Thu May-13-10 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
36. What do you mean by 'WALL STREET"? |
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William Z. Foster
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Thu May-13-10 10:26 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. Wall Street |
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unkachuck
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Thu May-13-10 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
37. and my greatest fear.... |
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Egnever
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Thu May-13-10 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
41. This guy clearly does not understand what the markets do. |
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William Z. Foster
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Thu May-13-10 10:26 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. well, we are all ears |
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Egnever
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Thu May-13-10 10:45 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. They provide operating capital for businesses that go public |
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William Z. Foster
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Thu May-13-10 11:17 PM Response to Reply #48 |
64. ok |
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Hannah Bell
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Thu May-13-10 11:22 PM Response to Reply #48 |
71. 40% |
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Hannah Bell
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Thu May-13-10 11:29 PM Response to Reply #48 |
76. did you learn that in your econ 101 class? |
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William Z. Foster
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Thu May-13-10 11:37 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. times have changed |
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Douglas Carpenter
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Fri May-14-10 05:56 AM Response to Reply #48 |
106. obviously under any plausible modern system financial markets are necessary |
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William Z. Foster
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Fri May-14-10 12:47 PM Response to Reply #106 |
112. creating jobs |
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Douglas Carpenter
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Fri May-14-10 02:32 PM Response to Reply #112 |
115. there has never in the entire history of the world been one single case in the entire history of the |
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Hannah Bell
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Fri May-14-10 02:41 PM Response to Reply #115 |
116. social democracy works : if it works so well, why is it being cut back across the globe as we speak? |
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Douglas Carpenter
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Fri May-14-10 08:26 PM Response to Reply #116 |
121. well visit Europe and you will see that social democracy is still far, far from dead |
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Hannah Bell
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Fri May-14-10 10:46 PM Response to Reply #121 |
128. I LIVED IN EUROPE FOR 1 YEAR. You might catch up on the news, |
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William Z. Foster
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Fri May-14-10 05:50 PM Response to Reply #115 |
117. that has been the rule |
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Douglas Carpenter
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Fri May-14-10 08:33 PM Response to Reply #117 |
122. if you think most of human history |
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William Z. Foster
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Fri May-14-10 09:35 PM Response to Reply #122 |
124. really? |
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Douglas Carpenter
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Fri May-14-10 09:58 PM Response to Reply #124 |
126. most of European history has been just as brutal and just as savage - if not more so |
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William Z. Foster
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Fri May-14-10 10:01 PM Response to Reply #126 |
127. not open to that then? |
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taught_me_patience
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Fri May-14-10 02:05 AM Response to Reply #44 |
94. Please educate - they play a major role in economic growth |
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William Z. Foster
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Fri May-14-10 06:05 PM Response to Reply #94 |
119. as I said |
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Hannah Bell
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Thu May-13-10 11:22 PM Response to Reply #41 |
70. 40% of all corporate profits. |
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William Z. Foster
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Thu May-13-10 11:29 PM Response to Reply #70 |
75. yeah, but |
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Hannah Bell
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Thu May-13-10 11:31 PM Response to Reply #75 |
77. god, how could i not have understood. it is to weep, how misguided i've been. |
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varelse
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Thu May-13-10 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
47. Someone had to say it |
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Starry Messenger
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Thu May-13-10 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
51. Evidently they are afraid we will figure this out, too. |
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azul
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Thu May-13-10 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
66. When pathological gamblers win big, watch out: |
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William Z. Foster
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Thu May-13-10 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
68. k and r |
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deacon_sephiroth
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Fri May-14-10 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
82. agreed k/r -N/T- |
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HiFructosePronSyrup
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Fri May-14-10 02:07 AM Response to Original message |
95. If you don't like Wall Street, fine, then just don't complain about employment figures. |
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pundaint
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Fri May-14-10 02:27 AM Response to Reply #95 |
97. Wall Street is about cheap labor. Wall Street closes a plant employing Americans and making an 8% |
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Hannah Bell
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Fri May-14-10 03:40 AM Response to Reply #97 |
103. +1000. it can't be pointed out too often. not only do they screw you every ten |
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William Z. Foster
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Fri May-14-10 12:48 PM Response to Reply #95 |
113. so obviously false |
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HiFructosePronSyrup
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Fri May-14-10 06:12 PM Response to Reply #113 |
120. LOL. |
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William Z. Foster
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Fri May-14-10 08:33 PM Response to Reply #120 |
123. millions were laid off... |
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William Z. Foster
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Sat May-15-10 12:28 PM Response to Reply #120 |
129. still thinking, I guess |
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HiFructosePronSyrup
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Sat May-15-10 03:13 PM Response to Reply #129 |
130. Not really. It was so ridiculous, I thought it was rhetorical. |
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harmonicon
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Fri May-14-10 03:37 AM Response to Original message |
102. It's not often said, but I think it's true. I think "the market" should be done away with (nt) |
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Enthusiast
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Fri May-14-10 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
107. How about we do real reform. |
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William Z. Foster
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Fri May-14-10 12:50 PM Response to Reply #107 |
114. too much human misery |
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Turbineguy
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Fri May-14-10 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
108. If you look at straight investments |
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Rex
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Fri May-14-10 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
118. What we NEED is tighter REGULATION and actual JAILTIME for financial |
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jxnmsdemguy65
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Fri May-14-10 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
125. Excellent!!!! nt |
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earth mom
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Sat May-15-10 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
131. Wall Street has raped the workers of America for decades. Enough is enough! |
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