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War on the Poor (Original Post) reddread Mar 2016 OP
payday loans reddread Mar 2016 #1
Their Welfare. Downwinder Mar 2016 #2
media consolidation and monopoly reddread Mar 2016 #3
student loan debt futures reddread Mar 2016 #4
telecom deregulation reddread Mar 2016 #5
Privatizing SS PowerToThePeople Mar 2016 #6
Ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssshhhhh! reddread Mar 2016 #7
more Flint Michigans reddread Mar 2016 #8
more cuts to social services, more war, more corporate tax forgiveness. liberal_at_heart Mar 2016 #9
prisons R us reddread Mar 2016 #10
more, ever more H1b's reddread Mar 2016 #11
sanctions, starvation, MOABs and landmines for children to play with reddread Mar 2016 #12
sweat shops reddread Mar 2016 #13
marijuana prohibition reddread Mar 2016 #14
Here's the damn rub, we know exactly what they are paying for. Autumn Mar 2016 #15
mandated insurance custom reddread Mar 2016 #16
offshore tax havens reddread Mar 2016 #17
safety net perks for Wal-Mart clerks reddread Mar 2016 #18
fracking, water supply destruction and global warming reddread Mar 2016 #19
Correction -- War on the poor and middle class Armstead Mar 2016 #20
They have bled the poor dry. Now it is the middle classes turn. nt Live and Learn Mar 2016 #22
i cant differentiate reddread Mar 2016 #23
And Hillary is their candidate. nt Live and Learn Mar 2016 #21
historic low tax rates reddread Mar 2016 #24
The Poor don't vote AZ Progressive Mar 2016 #25
are we talking about the political influence of the poor? reddread Mar 2016 #26
Well, since you asked: ucrdem Mar 2016 #27
did you respond to the wrong post? reddread Mar 2016 #28
You asked, "what do you think those BILLIONAIRES are paying for?" ucrdem Mar 2016 #29
when rats do it reddread Mar 2016 #30
Here's more on those rats you're so interested in: ucrdem Mar 2016 #31
the rats nest isnt over there this primary reddread Mar 2016 #32
It's right where it's always been. Hint: ucrdem Mar 2016 #33
billionaires choice reddread Mar 2016 #34
nice clothes reddread Mar 2016 #35
the status quo reddread Mar 2016 #36
undocumented labor pools reddread Mar 2016 #37
access and corruption reddread Mar 2016 #38
Political Professionals reddread Mar 2016 #39
genetic testing has revealed inbreeding reddread Mar 2016 #40
HRC's bubbly personality? EndElectoral Mar 2016 #41
Their dominance mylye2222 Mar 2016 #42
polling results reddread Mar 2016 #43
weapons contract insurance reddread Mar 2016 #44
 

reddread

(6,896 posts)
5. telecom deregulation
Wed Mar 16, 2016, 09:54 PM
Mar 2016

not that they pay taxes or protect their customers privacy.
they are beyond the reach of govt oversight or rebuke.
how do you think they got there?

 

reddread

(6,896 posts)
7. Ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssshhhhh!
Wed Mar 16, 2016, 09:58 PM
Mar 2016

that sounds like right wing talking points.
do you want to elect Trump?

 

reddread

(6,896 posts)
12. sanctions, starvation, MOABs and landmines for children to play with
Thu Mar 17, 2016, 10:07 AM
Mar 2016

it takes a mighty army to raze a village.

Autumn

(45,079 posts)
15. Here's the damn rub, we know exactly what they are paying for.
Thu Mar 17, 2016, 08:38 PM
Mar 2016

But we are told we have to vote for it anyway cause those republicans will give those BILLIONAIRES whatever they want.

 

reddread

(6,896 posts)
16. mandated insurance custom
Thu Mar 17, 2016, 10:18 PM
Mar 2016

in a three card monte system that charges ever more forever more for less and less actual healthcare.

 

reddread

(6,896 posts)
23. i cant differentiate
Fri Mar 18, 2016, 10:07 AM
Mar 2016

in this war the middle class died first,
and sometimes the dead are the last to know.

AZ Progressive

(3,411 posts)
25. The Poor don't vote
Fri Mar 18, 2016, 05:52 PM
Mar 2016

They only make up 20% of the Democratic Party electorate (household incomes less than $30,000 a year)

 

reddread

(6,896 posts)
26. are we talking about the political influence of the poor?
Fri Mar 18, 2016, 09:32 PM
Mar 2016

to be honest, I was talking about wrong and right.
and extreme undemocratic minority rule.

ucrdem

(15,512 posts)
27. Well, since you asked:
Fri Mar 18, 2016, 09:34 PM
Mar 2016

Koch brothers' SuperPac:



Rove's SuperPac:

Conservative SuperPAC's Ads Take Aim At Hillary Clinton

The group ran ads branding Bernie Sanders as the only true progressive in the race.

http://www.npr.org/2016/02/26/468216156/conservative-superpacs-ads-take-aim-at-hillary-clinton
 

reddread

(6,896 posts)
30. when rats do it
Fri Mar 18, 2016, 09:59 PM
Mar 2016

they do it all night long.
why dont you link to some Walton family doings?
no need to be shallow

ucrdem

(15,512 posts)
31. Here's more on those rats you're so interested in:
Fri Mar 18, 2016, 10:05 PM
Mar 2016

The Best Way to Vilify Hillary Clinton? G.O.P. Spends Heavily to Test It

In Orlando, the “dead broke” ad emerged as the most effective spot, partly because it captured the gulf between Mrs. Clinton’s life and those of the less affluent people gathered.

“She’s broke at another level,” said one man, who owns an electrical company and makes less than $50,000 annually. “She could be broke, you know, compared to the people in her world. O.K., in her status. ‘Oh, my God, I can’t buy a jet this year — we’re broke, we’re not going to Europe, sorry.’


http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/12/us/the-best-way-to-vilify-clinton-gop-spends-heavily-to-test-it.html?_r=0
 

reddread

(6,896 posts)
32. the rats nest isnt over there this primary
Fri Mar 18, 2016, 10:11 PM
Mar 2016

although that rats nest may have moved in.
David Brock is no different than Lee Atwater.
The nostalgia for Nixon/Reagan/Bush authoritarian brutality and unconstitutional abrogations
nearly blows my mind.

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