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2016 Postmortem

Scuba

(53,475 posts) Mon Aug 27, 2012, 11:53 AM Aug 2012

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Republicans want to "take the country back" to when we had the "world's highest standard of living".

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Republicans want to "take the country back" to when we had the "world's highest standard of living". (Original Post) Scuba Aug 2012 OP

No, they don't want to do that because they'd need to stop outsourcing and attacking unions...n/t whathehell Aug 2012 #1

My first thought, too! GreenPartyVoter Aug 2012 #4

They want to go back to Democratic administrations? aquart Aug 2012 #2

They want to go back to higher taxes on the wealthy and capital gains? SharonAnn Aug 2012 #3

Before the Republicans stole it from us? sofa king Aug 2012 #5

whathehell

(29,067 posts)

1. No, they don't want to do that because they'd need to stop outsourcing and attacking unions...n/t

Reply to Scuba (Original post)

Mon Aug 27, 2012, 12:15 PM

Aug 2012

GreenPartyVoter

(72,377 posts)

4. My first thought, too!

Reply to whathehell (Reply #1)

Mon Aug 27, 2012, 09:13 PM

Aug 2012

aquart

(69,014 posts)

2. They want to go back to Democratic administrations?

Reply to Scuba (Original post)

Mon Aug 27, 2012, 12:17 PM

Aug 2012

Fine by me.

SharonAnn

(13,772 posts)

3. They want to go back to higher taxes on the wealthy and capital gains?

Reply to Scuba (Original post)

Mon Aug 27, 2012, 01:53 PM

Aug 2012

sofa king

(10,857 posts)

5. Before the Republicans stole it from us?

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Mon Aug 27, 2012, 09:14 PM

Aug 2012

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