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"That makes me a liberal, and I'm proud of it." (Original Post)
Scuba
Dec 2013
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pampango
(24,692 posts)1. Another one from Krugman.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)2. No question that what he said in your quote is true. Here in Wisconsin ...
... making the poor suffer is Republican stock-in-trade and slathered over like red meat by their base .
LisaLynne
(14,554 posts)3. Wow, that's really it, isn't it?
They actually enjoy it. They want to see the poor (to them, the unworthy) suffer. These people are sick.
liberal N proud
(60,334 posts)4. Yes they do!
And they are sick
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)5. This is still my favorite Paul Krugman image...