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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 01:24 PM Original message |
I don't know about you but I'm sick of multi-millionaires deciding what is best for the rest of us. |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
1. And I am sick of them being the ONLY ONES Congress seems to listen to! knr |
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daleanime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 01:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Amen, brother, Amen... |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 01:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Yes, but look up the wealth of our congress critters. They ARE the rich. |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 01:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
59. now that the mess is coming to a head, there will be violence |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
3. Bravo! |
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badtoworse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 02:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. What do you consider rich? |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 02:47 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Someone who makes $1 more than you do, is that ok? |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 02:58 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. There are statistics for that. It's not a matter of opinion. |
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badtoworse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 03:38 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. I was actually thinking more in terms of net worth... |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 03:48 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. ok, but that's a different sort of comparison. You can't make an equivalence with that sort of frame |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 01:03 PM Response to Reply #33 |
56. The guy with an income of 250k living hand to mouth lives in the same |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
4. Multi-millionaires and career politicians, a self-perpetuating "ruling class" |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 01:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Not at all what the founders intended |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 02:27 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. In the early days, people went back to their normal careers after serving in Congress |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 02:51 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. True. Ditto the Presidency. |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 01:36 AM Response to Reply #4 |
41. Look at these pampered, disconnected buffoons. |
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Cherchez la Femme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 04:24 AM Response to Reply #4 |
46. Lobbyists were certainly bad enough |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
5. National news personalities live a very different life than most of us. |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
7. To The Bastille, mes Citizens! |
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HowHasItComeToThis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
8. BOO |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
9. Rich machiavellian sociopath corporatist's have destroyed the USA. |
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WingDinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
11. Secular calvinist religion makes it OK. |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
12. we need to remove the influence of money on politics. but how? |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 02:33 AM Response to Reply #12 |
44. but how? |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 08:37 AM Response to Reply #44 |
47. ok, interesting fantasy. now, in reality, how are we REALLY going to remove the influence of money? |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 10:58 AM Response to Reply #47 |
52. we never will. nt |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
13. I'm sick of the sheep that defend it all, no matter what, |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
14. ditto. |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
15. Me too! |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
16. Then elect the poor and give them a chance. nl/t |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 02:20 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. How do the poor afford to run for office? |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 02:29 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Get involved in local party politics... |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 03:02 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. My daugther considered this for a while ... |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 01:33 AM Response to Reply #20 |
40. Wake up and smell the oligarchy. |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 02:34 AM Response to Reply #40 |
45. "Wake up and smell the oligarchy" |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 09:25 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Please do. I think it should catch on. In fact I may add it to mine. nm |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 02:12 AM Response to Reply #20 |
43. Hmmm. Run for office or feed your kids. I choose run for office! Sorry kids. |
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badtoworse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 02:39 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Why would that make a difference? |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 03:01 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. No, but if people are sick of multi-millionaires that is the easiest.. |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 09:20 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. That's a very interesting link. Thank you. n/t |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 02:54 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. I agree with your sentiment, but Americans are just not wired that way. |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 03:09 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Unless all other choices are abysmal, I will not vote for a candidate... |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
26. K&R |
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Retrograde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
29. Economic problems? What economic problems? |
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Still Waters (85 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 09:25 PM Response to Reply #29 |
37. +1 |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
31. You mean congress? nt |
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WhaTHellsgoingonhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
32. I'm sick of Chris Mathews and others... |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 01:27 AM Response to Reply #32 |
39. So what? You're sick about it. So what? Seems lots of people are sick of it. |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
36. HUGE K & R !!! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 02:00 AM Response to Original message |
42. Yup. |
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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
49. K&R |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
50. I am rec'ing and kicking this thread. My earlier response was not intended to be aimed at the |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
51. kick and rec |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
53. The jobs will come back when they can pay us less than what they pay |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
54. You know how sick I am of the motherfuckers! You know! |
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indimuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
55. KNR! Thank you! n/t |
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Shining Jack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
57. Sick too! n/t |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
58. The French devised a clear cut solution. |
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pansypoo53219 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
60. CEOs have to be paid minimum wage. |
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