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This should clear it up for you. (Original Post) sellitman Oct 2016 OP
Bingo! Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2016 #1
The poor are moochers but the rich are geniuses Iliyah Oct 2016 #2
Well said... sarae Oct 2016 #3
Really? MyOwnPeace Oct 2016 #4
need to make a commercial on that you are truly the genius tribe-time Oct 2016 #5
Shit bag. A republican Augiedog Oct 2016 #6
Yeah, but you know, the rich person is probably a "job creator," Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2016 #7
you said it far more succinctly than I did: niyad Oct 2016 #8

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,853 posts)
1. Bingo!
Sun Oct 2, 2016, 07:24 PM
Oct 2016

I worked with a Republican who complained about his tax dollars "going to welfare" (I told him that most tax dollars were spent elsewhere), but he also complained about taxes on the rich because "they give us jobs."

He was a guy making about $10/hour.

Dark n Stormy Knight

(9,760 posts)
7. Yeah, but you know, the rich person is probably a "job creator,"
Mon Oct 3, 2016, 12:31 PM
Oct 2016

so they've already "given back."

Never mind that most of them have created crappy, low paying, benefits-free jobs while making piles of cash for themselves. We're still supposed to revere them as "job creators." And, of course, since they're wealthy, we're supposed to look up to them for that "achievement," as well. This is key to the sick world view that fuels the RW.

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