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silverweb

(16,402 posts)
14. You nailed it.
Fri Dec 26, 2014, 02:27 AM
Dec 2014

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Or as Plato put it: "The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men."

But yet the kansans were deluded enough to vote Brownback back into office. I guess they RKP5637 Dec 2014 #1
Wow... Every poll I saw showed Takket Dec 2014 #4
I just don't get it. I have friends there, they don't get it either. The guy has been a disaster to RKP5637 Dec 2014 #8
Why was Brownback re-elected? Simple: OldRedneck Dec 2014 #11
You nailed it. silverweb Dec 2014 #14
It is so damn frustrating! And then often those that sit home on their butts later RKP5637 Dec 2014 #19
It's not the vote, it's who counts the vote aspirant Dec 2014 #17
Hopefully he can be reelected again. Kansas will be a famine ridden wasteland. Katashi_itto Dec 2014 #13
It's not tax evasion. It's a pyramid scheme. Initech Dec 2014 #2
Yep. Or just pay back for campaign funding. RiverLover Dec 2014 #5
And the Koch Bros. are playing us for chumps. Initech Dec 2014 #6
Cities are doing this as well daredtowork Dec 2014 #3
Crooked and criminal, one and all. SoapBox Dec 2014 #7
That, is the crux of the problem. Most of the citizenry is clueless and the rest are stupid, and a RKP5637 Dec 2014 #9
Where to go for funds? Cut pensions and schools. Never reinstate taxing the rich. Kablooie Dec 2014 #10
It's because they watch and listen to slick, corporate propaganda. Most of the people who know Dustlawyer Dec 2014 #12
Fuck the state workers, I don't get a pension, and teachers get every summer off! rufus dog Dec 2014 #15
"And I don’t like it, but it’s kind of what’s your other option" NewDeal_Dem Dec 2014 #16
This nation lacks the political will to tax the people who have all the money. Scuba Dec 2014 #18
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