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AnneD

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3. Entering????????

Reply to thomhartmann (Original post)

Thu May 8, 2014, 10:17 AM

May 2014

Honey, we have been in it for some time now and are showing the effects. We entered it when Shrub signed the laws doing away with the estate tax and they began taxing income as opposed to capital gains. That is when the surplus dried up (remember when we were running on a surplus). Oh, and doing 2 wars did not help either.

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Thom Hartmann: Richard Wolff "Time for Democracy in the Workplace" [View all] thomhartmann May 2014 OP

Richard Wolff is always spot-on. Makes more sense than Wall St & politicians Triana May 2014 #1

Very interesting, honest, and thought provoking polynomial May 2014 #2

Entering???????? AnneD May 2014 #3