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1. GOP Block on Raising Minimum Wage, Lion of the Senate- 'WHEN DOES THE GREED STOP?"

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The World's Richest Middle Class, Is In CANADA ~ Check It Out [View all] appalachiablue Jan 2016 OP

GOP Block on Raising Minimum Wage, Lion of the Senate- 'WHEN DOES THE GREED STOP?" appalachiablue Jan 2016 #1

OK, that made me cry passiveporcupine Jan 2016 #6

Ted Kennedy was the best, and perhaps one of the last real liberals in national public office. appalachiablue Jan 2016 #11

Ted Kennedy had the same type of brain tumour my son had riverbendviewgal Jan 2016 #13

Bravo to Canada for electing Trudeau and moving away from the extreme conservative appalachiablue Jan 2016 #16

Thank you... Thespian2 Jan 2016 #19

Thanks for posting & congratulations on your successful move. All the best in the new Canadian home! appalachiablue Jan 2016 #20

New Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Liberal Party, age 44, son of PM Pierre Trudeau appalachiablue Jan 2016 #27

Check it out, since 1970 FLAT LINE for US wages compared to other western nations: appalachiablue Jan 2016 #36

Same with Australia. Their median wealth is about 4X ours. pa28 Jan 2016 #2

Thanks, I knew Australia was better but not by that much. And we're awful alright.. appalachiablue Jan 2016 #4

It's healthcare costs and we overtax those who are just starting to make it. pa28 Jan 2016 #5

Right on healthcare, unfair tax system, asset mountain & indifferent policymakers which appalachiablue Jan 2016 #33

To add, I've never heard of any major migration of Canadians to the US which is telling. appalachiablue Jan 2016 #57

5x. MillennialDem Jan 2016 #48

One of my customers comes down here in Florida every winter to beat the cold. We were talking.. BlueJazz Jan 2016 #3

Your customer was spot on. Canadians are good folks from those I've met mostly in Fl also, appalachiablue Jan 2016 #7

I just betcha he's good friends with Hillary. passiveporcupine Jan 2016 #8

Bravo for Canada electing Trudeau. Good for them and their success! I also never thought appalachiablue Jan 2016 #10

Are you referring to laughing jokerman Hank P. and HRC being close? passiveporcupine Jan 2016 #14

Got it. Lean In Sandberg seems a barrel of laughs too. When I watched CSPAN occasionally appalachiablue Jan 2016 #17

Yeah, she can be clueless passiveporcupine Jan 2016 #21

Sums a lot of things up well. DirkGently Jan 2016 #9

The factors are critical to people's living standards, quality of life & interrelated for sure. appalachiablue Jan 2016 #56

From the latest Credit Suisse study on global household net worth: forest444 Jan 2016 #12

But..but...we are the sole owners of the American Dream! Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2016 #15

Worst of all, we had it. forest444 Jan 2016 #25

statistics enid602 Jan 2016 #32

Thank you, Enid. forest444 Jan 2016 #53

Germany enid602 Jan 2016 #54

Correct, we blew it ourselves with no other cause to blame. A dismal record of what we've become. appalachiablue Jan 2016 #37

Thank you, another report among several lately on our steadily declining working & middle classes. appalachiablue Jan 2016 #18

Sad, but true. forest444 Jan 2016 #24

Correct, escalating profits for the US healthcare system and pharmaceutical industry are appalachiablue Jan 2016 #43

Where do those numbers come from? moondust Jan 2016 #28

They're there, moondust. forest444 Jan 2016 #52

K&R. Sigh... Overseas Jan 2016 #22

A penny for your thoughts... appalachiablue Jan 2016 #23

Just wishing I could move to Canada. Overseas Jan 2016 #34

Same here on both subjects. How this country & the world would have fared so much appalachiablue Jan 2016 #35

Yes. And if Reagan had not bamboozled the whole country so successfully. Overseas Jan 2016 #39

The 1980 election of Dutch Reagan was another seismic change for the worse. appalachiablue Jan 2016 #41

Well said. K&R. Overseas Jan 2016 #58

Canadian dollars? StrayKat Jan 2016 #26

It's hard to say where the number came from laundry_queen Jan 2016 #29

There needs to be some clarification laundry_queen Jan 2016 #30

Some observations enid602 Jan 2016 #31

Read upthread about your first point laundry_queen Jan 2016 #38

buy Canada enid602 Jan 2016 #40

Yep laundry_queen Jan 2016 #42

Canada seems to remember FDR's way of governing much better than we do. n/t pampango Jan 2016 #44

Yes, thank heaven! Bravo Canada, may you continue to prosper... appalachiablue Jan 2016 #51

This article says the rich in Canada are taxed LESS then the rich in America pault420 Jan 2016 #45

RESOURCES FOR CANADA'S NO. 1 MIDDLE CLASS, 2014: appalachiablue Jan 2016 #46

Simply put, Americans vote their racial prejudices over their economic interests Yavin4 Jan 2016 #47

Check this out MillennialDem Jan 2016 #49

This is shocking and unless the US makes some fast and serious fundamental changes appalachiablue Jan 2016 #50

Healthcare in Canada is not FREE. KentuckyWoman Jan 2016 #55