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2016 Postmortem

rug

(82,333 posts) Tue May 20, 2014, 01:39 PM May 2014

An interesting chart.

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An interesting chart. (Original Post) rug May 2014 OP

Yes, it is. daleanime May 2014 #1

Thank you. To bad we cannot make it illegal for bankers to run for office - they have an obvious jwirr May 2014 #2

A couple of points. JayhawkSD May 2014 #3

great chart ! Leme May 2014 #4

daleanime

(17,796 posts)

1. Yes, it is.

Reply to rug (Original post)

Tue May 20, 2014, 01:41 PM

May 2014

jwirr

(39,215 posts)

2. Thank you. To bad we cannot make it illegal for bankers to run for office - they have an obvious

Reply to rug (Original post)

Tue May 20, 2014, 01:44 PM

May 2014

conflict of interest. It should be noted that those professions often blamed for our problems (the ones in the middle of the chart) are the lowest numbers in every year.

Government for the corporations by the corporations.

JayhawkSD

(3,163 posts)

3. A couple of points.

Reply to rug (Original post)

Wed May 21, 2014, 01:24 AM

May 2014

Why are there columns for both "Veteran" and "Military?"

Notice the huge increase in "Public Service/Politics." These are people who have never made a living. They have been soliciting campaign contributions their entire adult lives. Until 1985 there were none of these leeches in Congress, by 2013 it was one of the top three catagories.

Leme

(1,092 posts)

4. great chart !

Reply to rug (Original post)

Wed May 21, 2014, 01:42 AM

May 2014

looks like many were groomed for politics..see bottom graph.
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also no draft for 30 years now

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